By GREG GILES
NEWS EDITOR
It didn't take long for
Sarasota County Sheriff Tom
Knight to respond to the
Venice City Council's letter
asking him to reconsider with-
drawing deputies from schools
within city limits.
Knight responded Thursday,
the same day he received the
city's request, with a short
letter culminating in: "This
decision will not be changed."
But he wasn't willing to have

a public discussion about the
issue.
"Because the discussion
included law enforcement
protocols and tactical opera-
tions, I cannot disclose those
conversations in a public
document," Knight wrote.

He also suggested the issue
should not be politicized.
"I have a tremendous
amount of respect for Sheriff
Knight," Holic said. "He does a
great job. I just want to make
sure they aren't removing
funding for the positions. It

will be a budget issue. This is
something being taken away
now. What I'm trying to do is
keep what we have right now."
Both Sheriff Knight and
Mayor Holic agree on one
thing: Nothing will be done
to harm the safety of students

and the schools.
"This has everything to do
with safety of the schools and
the practices of a police de-
partment," Knight said. "This
isn't a budget decision. It's not
a debate. This is about what is
right for that school."
"We will do what we have to
do to make it work," Holic said.
"I can say this: our children
will not suffer from it. In light
of Newtown (school shooting),
we will not tolerate having

DEBATE 12

His eyes rolled

back. He stopped

breathing.

I thought he was .

gonna die."

Dealing with concussions

High school policies 'not sensible,' doctors say

By ROB SMITH
SPORTS EDITOR
Danny Raynor was just
trying to steal second base.
Raynor, the center fielder
for the Venice High baseball
team, prepared to slide into
the bag last Friday when the
opposing catcher's errant
throw triggered a high-speed
collision between Raynor and
the shortstop.
The audible crashing of
heads left Raynor with a
concussion, a traumatic brain
injury that has entered the
public spotlight in recent
years due to its prevalence in
sports.
Raynor lay motionless
on the ground for a few
seconds before experiencing
concussive convulsions, a
seizure-like phenomena that
occurs in about one out of
every 70 concussions. He
briefly stopped breathing, but
subsequent tests revealed no
brain damage.
"Honestly, I thought he was
gonna die right in front of me
on the field," said Tim Raynor,
Danny's father. "I've talked to
all these coaches who have
been around baseball for

'Anybody who doesn't have knowledge
about concussions or brain injuries,
whether they're a physician or not,
should not be clearing kids to play.
The person clearing a kid to play needs
to have training and expertise in the
diagnosis and management of
sports concussions.'
Dr. Russell Bauer,
a board-certified University of Florida professor and neuropsychologist

many, many years, and no-
body has ever seen anything
like that."
Raynor was cleared to
return Wednesday, five days
after the injury. Tim said he
called five neurologists before
finding one who agreed to
examine his son.
"We wouldn't let him just
come back without knowing
he was alright," he said.
But parents who aren't
as proactive about finding
a qualified physician need
nothing more than a doctor's
note to get their child back in
the game.

Florida became the 45th
state to pass concussion
legislation in June of 2012,
when the Florida House of
Representatives passed HB
291, giving the FHSAA the
responsibility of adopting
protocols for students who
sustain head injuries.
The FHSAAs bylaws require
a concussed athlete to receive
written clearance from a li-
censed physician (MD) or a li-
censed osteopathic physician
(DO), although it does not
require those physicians to
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Golf clubs may see

water rates jump

By GREG GILES
NEWS EDITOR

A group of golf club represen-
tatives will meet next week with
city officials to see if they can
iron out a new deal mitigating
a proposed reclaimed water
rate hike.
Some golf club owners,
who use the water to irrigate
their golf courses, could see a
300 percent increase in their
rates in five years if the rate
hike stands.
"The rates are out of whack,"
said Council member Bob
Daniels.
He helped secure a stake-
holder meeting on the issue
this Monday at city hall.
"With a lot of these golf

courses operating on a shoe-
string budget, we're hearing
from a few they would prob-
ably close," Daniels said. "We
don't want anyone closing
their golf course because of an
increase in water rates."
The proposed rate increase,
which has yet to come before
city council in the form of a
draft city law for consideration,
was designed to recoup the
cost of producing the reclaimed
water.
The following six area golf
courses would be impacted:
Capri Isle (North), Capri Isle
(South), Bird Bay, Lake Venice,
Waterford and Venetian Golf
and River Club.

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Sarasota Film

Festival continues

By AUDREY BLACKWELL
ASSISTANT FEATURES EDITOR

The Sarasota Film Festival
draws to a close this weekend
with showings of its final 62
films.
Today, 35 films will
flicker across screens at the
Hollywood 20 Theater on
Main Street in downtown
Sarasota, including feature
length films and shorts.
"We Always Lie to Strangers"
at 4:15 p.m. is a 110-minute
documentary about the
Branson, Mo.'s performing
families' push to remain at the
top during tough economic
times.

YouthFest Shorts I will run
Saturday, starting at 10:30 a.m.
This is a collection of seven
7- to 15-minute clips that
focus on "lessons learned."
Titles include "Yeah Kowalski!"
(classmate crush) and "Tina
for President" (unpopular
girl runs for class president
against her bully).
On Saturday, 6:15 p.m., and
Sunday, 8:30 p.m., "World
Circus" may be of interest
to Venetians because it's
prefaced by a localized short.
"Character Face: A Clown
College Fantasy," directed by
Nic Berry, of Venice, focuses
FILM 7

Dig in to the Shark's Tooth Festival

By KIM COOL
FEATURES EDITOR
Fossilized megalodon teeth
earned Venice its nickname:
Shark Tooth Capital of the
World.
Learn why at the Venice
Municipal Airport's Festival
Grounds where the 21st
annual Shark's Tooth Festival
opened yesterday afternoon.
Festival hours are 10 a.m. to 9
p.m. today, Saturday, April 13,
and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
Now sponsored by the

Special Athlete Boosters as a
benefit for the area's Special
Olympics athletes, the festival
became so popular that it had
to be moved to April to enable
more "snowbird" or seasonal
visitors to attend.
Among more than 100 ven-
dors are several who deal in
fossils, especially the fossilized
shark teeth so prevalent on
beaches in the area and even,
to the astonishment of many,
to gardeners who may occa-
sionally find one while digging
in their yard.

The teeth date to the time
when Florida was completely
covered with water. That is
why Florida never had dino-
saurs. Instead it had megalo-
don sharks with teeth as large
as a human adult hand.
Like sharks of today, those
prehistoric creatures had
seven rows of teeth. As a tooth
would break, another would
soon grow into its place. After
the sharks died, their teeth
were fossilized over thousands
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SUN PHOTO BY JUSTIN FENNELL
Sandy Basham puts out sharks tooth necklaces in preparation for the Shark
Tooth Festival, which will run through this weekend.

Sheriff Tom Knight: 'This
isn't a budget decision. It's
not a debate. This is about
what is right for that school.'

Mayor John Holic: 'I can say this:
our children will not suffer from
it. In light of Newtown, we will
not tolerate having our school
resource officers removed.'

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Sharky's charity ride

set for April 28

By MONTY ANDREWS
GUEST COLUMNIST
Coming up on Sunday, April 28, is the 11th
annual Sharky's charity bike ride, aptly named
Ride the Beaches. Again, as in years past, the
Livestrong Foundation will be the recipient of
profits from the ride.
Each year, the ride seems to draw more
cyclists to what has become the area's premier
cycling event. With every cent over cost going to
Livestrong, whose mission is to provide support
for people everywhere suffering from cancer,
the total contribution over the past 10 years has
totaled more than $87,000.
Participating cyclists have a great event and
should be proud of their contribution to a great
cause.
Cyclists can select from three ride distances of
15, 35 or 70 miles. The 15-mile route is centered
on the island ofVenice. If you choose, you can
add an additional four miles that go off the island
and onto the Venetian Waterway Park.
Need some extra miles? Then sign up for the
35-mile ride that takes you through South Venice
neighborhoods and down to Manasota Key and
back.
For those riders who need that extra challenge,
there is the 70-mile ride. Following the first part
of the ride as the 35-milers, after Manasota Key,
they will head east and then west until they hook
up to the Legacy Trail and then on to Osprey and
Casey Key before heading back to Sharky's.
For safety, there will not be a mass start. The
two longer rides will begin at 8 a.m., and the
15-mile riders will depart at 9 a.m. Rest stops will
be set up at various locations along each route.
ANSI-approved bicycle helmets are required to
be worn by all entrants.
Upon returning to Sharky's, lunch, consisting
of BBQ chicken, Caesar salad, pasta, vegetable
and bread, will be served. Come see why this is
such a great ride.
For additional information, go online to:
www.SharkysOnThePier.com.
Ride safe, ride smart.

Teri A Hansen, president
and CEO of Gulf Coast
Community Foundation,
completed her service as
a board member of the
Council on Foundations
(COF) and as chair of its
Community Foundations
Leadership Team (CFLT).
Her leadership contri-
butions were recognized
this week at the annual
meeting of the member-
ship of the Council on
Foundations during its
2013 annual conference
in Chicago.

PHOTO PROVIDED
Teri A Hansen
Hansen served for two
years on the COF board
of directors and for two
years as chair of the CFLT,

a committee elected by
community foundations
to set direction and goals
for the field nationally.
She continues to serve as
a member of the CFLT,
working on national issues
that affect communities
locally, such as urging
Congress not to cap the
charitable deduction.
"Simply put, capping the
charitable tax deduction
would not help move our
country forward," Hansen
said. "The poor would suf-
fer as services provided by
the nonprofit community
- services for which gov-
ernment has cut funding

year after year would
be scaled back because
of decreased charitable
contributions. This is
an issue I will continue
to focus on through the
Community Foundations
Leadership Team, because
it directly affects people
and organizations here in
our community."
The Council on
Foundations is a national
nonprofit association of
more than 1,700 grant-
making foundations and
corporations and serves as
the leading advocate for
philanthropy.

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By TREVOR SHIRLEY
WWSB 7

More than 10,000
Sarasota County
residents will soon be
finding a little extra
money in the mail.
They're being refunded
for services they paid
for, but never received.
The issue has to do
with water backflow
devices, which is a
valve in a person's yard
that prevents water
from flowing out of the
home and back into
the main water line.
The devices have to
be tested once a year,
either by the county
or by an independent

company. And while
many county residents
paid $2.50 a month
extra on their water bill
for the county to test
the devices, the tests
never happened.
Now the county is
issuing refunds total-
ing more than half a
million dollars.
"I just happened to
call and say, 'If I'm pay-
ing for this, have they
been doing the inspec-
tions?'" County utility
customer Jay Bowman
said. "He had said they
were supposed to have
been done, and that I
would have a tag hang-
ing on the backflow."
But he didn't find any

tag.
"He did some check-
ing and found out
that several of them
hadn't been done in
my neighborhood,"
Bowman said.
It turns out that quite
a few more than that
hadn't been tested.
"We actually discov-
ered that, back at the
end of last year, and
after doing a thorough
research, we found that
we had that problem,"
said Jodi Kirkman,
Sarasota County's
Environmental Utilities
director. "It was a
computer glitch on our
side."
Records show that

last year, 8,457 custom-
ers didn't receive test-
ing from the county,
tests for which they
paid. In the years prior
to 2012, that number
was 2,750.
As a result, Sarasota
County is paying more
than $557,000 back to
customers who paid for
services and never got
them.
"We have since cor-
rected that computer
glitch," Kirkman said
"The software issue has
been resolved, the test-
ing program is back in
order ... we feel that the
system is okay now."
Bowman said he got
a refund within two

A glimpse of Venice nature

As the snowbirds leave Venice, this bird has decided to stay. A woodpecker looks for grubs and other food on a tree in the
area.

weeks of discovering
the problem.
"I couldn't under-
stand how they could
do a program like this
and set it in motion
and then not follow up
with it. And I just think
it lacked oversight."
As of March 1, there
are around 2,000
customers that still
need to be reimbursed.
The county is working
on that, but they said
they have the problem
fixed.
If homeowners have
questions about this
issue, they are asked
to contact the Sarasota
County utilities
department.

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Mary Schreder, 89, of
Venice, Fla., formerly of
Rochester Hills, Mich.,
fully in her
sleep Good
Friday,
March 29,
2013, at
Tidewell
Hospice in
Venice.
Born Jan. 16, 1924, in
Hastings, Minn., she is
survived by her loving
husband, Marvin, and
two sons, David and Rex.
Mary enjoyed a long
career as a ward clerk
in pediatrics labor and
delivery at Crittenton
Hospital, Rochester Hills,
and later retired with her
husband to Venice.
While in Rochester
Hills, Mary was an active
member of St. John's
Lutheran Church.
Services: A private
memorial was held at the
family's home in Venice.

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Badgering by text leads to battery arrest

A Venice man was
arrested after he suc-
ceeded in upsetting
his girlfriend with text
messages.
According to a Venice
Police Department
report:
Brandon
Garrett
Conti, 28,
advised an
officer he
wrote the
text mes-
sages to
intention-
CONTI a ally upset
his live-in girlfriend,
who is pregnant.
The girlfriend told him
to let her go to bed but
he continued to text her.
Upset, she overturned
a table and tossed empty
water bottles around the
apartment, then went
into the guest bedroom.
Conti allegedly fol-
lowed her and put his
arms around her "force-
fully," according to the
report, but she struggled
loose and escaped,
scratching him in the
process.
Conti, 100 block Capri
Isles Blvd., Venice, was
charged with aggravated
battery. Bond was not
available.

The other woman
Venice police re-
sponded to a distur-
bance on Sunday and
arrested a woman who
pushed her way into her
boyfriend's residence

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looking for another
woman.
According to a Venice
Police Department
report:
Police found the other
woman hiding in the
bathroom.
Jocelyn
A. Johnson,
52, alleg-
edly forced
< her way
into the
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and began
JOHNSON pounding
on the
bathroom door yell-
ing and screaming at
the boyfriend and the
woman.
She got into a physi-
cal altercation with the
boyfriend, biting him on
the arm and hitting him
on the head with a hand
held mirror.
Johnson, 600 block
Bluebell Road, Venice,
was charged with
domestic battery and
simple battery. There
was no bond.

VPD leader
recognized
Venice Police
Department Capt.
Tom Mattmuller is
one of 19 graduates of
this year's 47th Chief
Executive Seminar, a law

enforcement manage-
ment program.
The graduates
represent criminal
justice agencies from
throughout Florida who
serve in a leadership
role. The graduation
was held Wednesday in
Tallahassee.
Graduates took
classes on demography,
budgeting, managing
generations, ethics and
implementing strategic
change.

Operation Dry
Spring concluded
The Sarasota County
Sheriff's Office wrapped
up a five-week op-
eration targeting youth
during Spring Break.
The goal of Operation
Dry Spring, a statewide
initiative of the Florida
Sheriffs Task Force, was
to prevent underage
teens from purchas-
ing and using alcohol,
tobacco and synthetic
drugs to protect them
from the potentially
harmful effects of these
substances.
During Operation Dry
Spring, Sarasota County
Sheriff's Deputies made
141 arrests for alcohol
possession by a person
under 21, and after
conducting 75 business

checks, cited 11 people
for selling alcohol to
minors. Marijuana was
seized in three cases
and one adult was ar-
rested for contributing
to the delinquency of a
minor.
"The safety of
Sarasota County's chil-
dren, and those visiting
our community, is
paramount," said Sheriff
Tom Knight. "What was
sobering for us was
the age of some of the
minors cited, including
one as young as 14. We
hope the encounter
with law enforcement
emphasizes to parents
that some kids are mak-
ing poor decisions and
need help understand-
ing the potential health
and legal consequences
of their actions."
Nearly 190,000 people
under 21 visited an
emergency room for
injuries or conditions
connected to underage
drinking in 2010. In ad-
dition, more than 7,000
adverse incidents from
synthetic drugs such
as bath salts and spice
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fiscal year and already the
Venice Fire Department's
overtime budget has been
depleted.
That, and a $100,000
mid-year budget request
from the department
made one council mem-
ber visibly upset this week
during Tuesday's regular
council meeting.
Council Member
Bob Daniels was livid
after discovering the city's
overtime budget was
already depleted and that
a position he thought
would bring the depart-
ment additional revenue
was benefiting an entirely
different department.
The city's only inspec-
tor, the former Venice fire
marshal who was rehired,
has been inundated with
plan reviews, explained
City Manager Ed Lavallee,
and revenue from those

inspections is going to the
building department, not
the fire department.
That uncovered another
problem. Without enough
funds for a second
inspector, the city hasn't
been conducting required
fire inspections of local
businesses.
That news drew sharp
criticism from the city
council.
"I wasn't aware we have
ordinances we didn't have
to follow because we can't
afford to," Mayor John
Holic said. "This comes up
time and time again. We
have codes on the books
and we don't enforce
them. We have to either
change the code or follow
the code."
Daniels was concerned.
"Why didn't we hear
about this earlier?"
Daniels asked Lavallee.
"You've been here a year.
Your honeymoon is over."
The idea, Daniels said,
was to "turn inspection

'Finding out we're $100,000 in the

hole ... hidden in a report. I'd like

to see a little more openness in

this budget process.'

-Mayor John Holic

fees into revenue ... for
the fire department, not
the building department.
We failed to execute
what we agreed to in the
budget."
Holic concurred.
"I have to agree with
Councilman Daniels,"
Holic said. "Finding out
we're $100,000 in the hole
... hidden in a report. I'd
like to see a little more
openness in this budget
process."
Lavallee said the origi-
nal plan was to restore
two inspector positions;
one in the building
department conducting
plan reviews, the other
doing field inspections,

but a federal Staffing
for Adequate Fire and
Emergency Response, or
SAFER, grant was denied
for the third straight year.
The city was counting
on those SAFER funds to
rehire fire department
personnel, which would
have meant less overtime.
Those same grant funds
would have freed up per-
sonnel who are qualified
to conduct commercial
fire inspections.
Inspectors can do about
10 inspections per day, or
50 each week.
For Daniels, who ex-
posed excessive overtime
in previous budgets,
the fix was even more

distasteful authorizing
a second fire inspector
position at $17,164 for
the remainder of the
fiscal year, plus $77,000
in overtime, plus another
$40,541 in overtime retire-
ment contributions from
the city's reserves.
That's in addition to the
2 percent raise in the one-
year agreement with the
International Association
of Fire Fighters Local
2546, reached this week.
The $50,528 for raises and
commensurate retire-
ment contributions will
also come from the city's
reserve fund.

Budget amended

The city council unani-
mously signed off on the
budget amendment, part
of a larger $15 million
addition to the city's
$74 million annual
budget.
Most of the funds come
from an $11.5 million

revenue bond authorized
earlier for capital water
and sewer improvements.
Other additions to the
budget:
$475,000 from inter-
governmental revenue
to fund police and fire
department retirement
contributions.
$333,143 from a FEMA
grant and sales tax pro-
ceeds to purchase a long-
awaited generator for the
city's emergency shelter
(the Venice Community
Center).
$2.3 million from the
Utility Fund for early repay-
ment of a loan from the
general fund, to be used for
the purchase of the feder-
ally obligated land leased
to the Venice Pier Group
(Sharky's) and the Senior
Friendship Center.
$312,000 from a
Florida Department of
Transportation grant to
reinforce hangars for
hurricane resistance.
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benefits to students and
taxpayers.
State College of
Manatee-Sarasota stu-
dents enjoy a 15.6 percent

rate of return on their
investments of time and
money. The correspond-
ing benefit/cost ratio is
6.2, which means that
for every dollar students
invest in SCF education,
they receive a cumulative
of $6.20 in higher future
income over their work-
ing careers.
Added productivity at-
tributable to the accumu-
lation of SCF academic

credit in the workforce
amounts to $271.7 mil-
lion each year due to
the higher earnings of
students and increased
output of businesses.
In addition to the
7.7 percent rate of return
that state taxpayers
receive on their invest-
ment in SCF, the study
estimates that Florida tax-
payers realize additional
benefits through avoided

social costs amounting to
$2.9 million per year
due to improved health,
reduced crime and
reduced welfare and
unemployment.
Based on results of
the study, SCF benefits
students by enriching
their lives and increasing
their earning potential,
and taxpayers benefit by
students fueling the local
economy.

LEGAL NOTICES

NOTICE NOTICE TO NOTICE TO NOTICE TO NOTICE TO NOTICE TO
OF AUCTION CREDITORS CREDITORS CREDITORS CREDITORS I CREDITORS

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE:
JOHNSON'S TOWING OF VENICE
gives
Notice of Foreclosure of Lien and
intent to sell these
vehicles on May 1, 2013, 9:00 am at
604 TAMIAMI TRL N. Nokomis, FL
34275-2137 pursuant to subsection
713.78 of the
Florida Statutes. JOHNSON'S TOWING
OF VENICE reserves the right to
accept or reject any and/or all bids.
2004 TOYOTA
1NXBR32E34Z247693
2000 CHRYSLER
1C4GJ2433YR703122
1996 HONDA
2HGEJ8548TH549878
2009 TOYOTA
JTLKE50E391062152
Publish: April 13, 2013
NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE:
JOHNSON'S TOWING OF VENICE
gives
Notice of Foreclosure of Lien and
intent to sell these
vehicles on May 15, 2013, 9:00 am
at 604 TAMIAMI TRL N. Nokomis, FL
34275-2137 pursuant to subsection
713.78 of the
Florida Statutes. JOHNSON'S TOWING
OF VENICE reserves the right to
accept or reject any and/or all bids.
2000 MERCURY
1MEFM50UOYA619930
2002 DODGE
3D7HA18NO2G209412
2005 NISSAN
JN1AZ36AX5M750181
2011 SHANZEN NORTH JIANSHE
L8YTAAPFOBY051482
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE:
JOHNSON'S TOWING OF VENICE
gives
Notice of Foreclosure of Lien and
intent to sell these
vehicles on May 8, 2013, 9:00 am at
604 TAMIAMI TRL N. Nokomis, FL
34275-2137 pursuant to subsection
713.78 of the
Florida Statutes. JOHNSON'S TOWING
OF VENICE reserves the right to
accept or reject any and/or all bids.
1998 CADILLAC
1G6KD54Y5WU799272
2007 MERCURY
3MEHMO7Z1 7R640903
2010 TOYOTA
JTDKN3DU7A1283694
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I NOTICE TO
CREDITORS

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 12TH
JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR SARASO-
TA
COUNTY, FLORIDA
PROBATE DIVISION
File Number: 2013 CP 000484 NC
IN RE: THE ESTATE OF
JEAN S. DUNNINGTON,
Deceased.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The administration of the estate of JEAN
S. DUNNINGTON, deceased, File Number
2013 CP 000484 NC, is pending in the
Circuit Court for Sarasota County, Flori-
da, Probate Division, the address of
which is 2000 Main Street, Room 102,

Sarasota Florida 34237. The name and
address of the personal representative
and the personal representative's attor-
ney are set forth below.
All creditors of the decedent and other
persons having claims or demands
against decedent's estate, including
unmatured, contingent or unliquidated
claims, on whom a copy of this notice is
served must file their claims with this
court WITHIN THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS
AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLI-
CATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS
AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY
OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM.
All other creditors of the decedent and
other persons having claims or demands
against decedent's estate, including
unmatured, contingent or unliquidated
claims, must file their claims with this
court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE
DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF
THIS NOTICE.
ALL CLAIMS NOT SO FILED WILL BE FOR-
EVER BARRED.
The date of first publication of this
Notice is April 6, 2013.
Personal Representative:
Carol Kearney
95 Sunset Ave.
Glen Ridge NJ 07028
Attorney for Personal
Representative:
George Hunter Roberts
FL Bar No: 255688
c/o Michael R. Tilley
7999 N. Federal Highway,
Ste. 102
Boca Raton FL
33487
561-368-6020
Publish: April 6, 13, 2013

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR
SARASOTA COUNTY,
FLORIDA
PROBATE DIVISION
File No. 2013-CP-1185-SC
IN RE: ESTATE OF
REGINA MARY LAROCHE
Deceased,
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The Administration of the estate of
REGINA MARY LAROCHE, deceased,
whose date of death was October 11,
2012, in the Circuit Court for Sarasota
County, Florida, Probate Division, the
address of which is 4000 S. Tamiami
Trl, Venice, FI 34293. The names and
addresses of the personal representative
and the personal representative's attor-
ney are set forth below.
All creditors of the decedent and other
persons having claims or demands
against decedent's estate, on whom a
copy of this notice is required to be
served must file their claims with this
court WITHIN THE LATER OF 3
MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE
FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE
OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF
SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE
ON THEM.
All other creditors of the decedent and
other persons having claims or demands
against decedent's estate, must file their
claims with this court WITHIN 3
MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE
FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS
NOTICE.
ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE
TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN SEC-
TION 733.702 OF THE FLORIDA PRO-
BATE CODE WILL BE FOREVER
BARRED.
NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME
PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY
CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR
MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT'S DATE
OF DEATH IS BARRED.
The date of first publication of this
notice is April 6, 2013
Personal Representative:
MARY ANN LOWER
308 E. Field Ave.

Venice, FL 34285 including unmatured, contingent or unliq-
Attorney for Personal updated claims, must file their claims with
Representative: this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER
DAVID R. CORNISH THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICA-
Attorney for MARY ANN TION OF THIS NOTICE.
LOWER ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN
Florida Bar No. 0225924 THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN
355 W. Venice Ave. SECTION 733.702 OF THE FLORIDA
Venice, FL 34285 PROBATE CODE WILL BE FOREVER
Telephone: (941) 483-4246 BARRED.
E-Mail: davidr.cornis@verizon.net NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME
PUBLISH: April 6, 13, 2013 PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY
CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR
MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT'S DATE
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF DEATH IS BARRED.
FOR SARASOTA COUNTY, The date of first publication of this
FLORIDA Notice is April 6, 13, 2013
PROBATE DIVISION Personal Representative:
DONALD C. PLATZ
File No. 2013-CP-001217-SC 231 Victoria Rd
Venice, FL 34293
IN RE: ESTATE OF Attorney for Personal
JACQUELINE R. PLATZ, Representative:
Deceased. JERREL E. TOWERY
NOTICE TO CREDITORS JERREL E. TOWERY, P. A.
The administration of the estate of Fla. Bar #267351
JACQUELINE R. PLATZ, deceased, File 304 W. Venice Ave, Suite 220
Number 2013-CP-001217-SC, is pend- Venice, FL 34285
ing in the Circuit Court for Sarasota Coun- Phone: (941) 485-3391
ty, Florida, Probate Division, the address PUBLISH: April 6,13, 2013
of which is Sarasota County Courthouse,
Probate Division, P.O. Box 3079, Saraso- _______ __
ta, FL 34230-3079. The names and IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR
addresses of the Personal Representative SARASOTA COUNTY,
and the Personal Representative's attor- FLORIDA
ney are set forth below. PROBATE DIVISION
All creditors of the decedent and
other persons having claims or demands IN RE: ESTATE OF
against decedent's estate, including ROBERT G. WARFIELD III
unmatured, contingent or unliquidated Deceased,
claims, on whom a copy of this notice is
served must file their claims with this File No. 2012-CP-004092-SC
court WITHIN THE LATER OF 3 Division: Probate
MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE NOTICE TO CREDITORS
FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE The administration of the
OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF estate of ROBERT G.
SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE WARFIELD III, deceased,
ON THEM. whose date of death was Sep-
All other creditors of the decedent tember 28, 2012, and the last
and other persons having claims or four digits of whose social secu-
demands against decedent's estate, rity number are xxx-xx7043, is

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
FOR CONSIDERATION OF
TEXT AMENDMENT PETITION 12-8AM
ORDINANCE NO. 2013-09
NOTICE is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Venice,
Florida will hold a public hearing beginning at 9:00 a.m. or short-
ly thereafter, on May 14, 2013, in Council Chambers, City Hall,
401 West Venice Avenue, Venice, Florida, to consider and act
upon the adoption of the following proposed City Ordinance:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF VENICE, FLORIDA, AMENDING
CHAPTER 86, LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE BY AMENDING ARTI-
CLE III, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT WITH
OTHER ORDINANCES; PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE
AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Purpose of Ordinance: the city is required by Florida Statutes to
update the land development code for consistency with the com-
prehensive plan and desires to comprehensively update the land
development code and this amendment furthers that end.
A complete draft of the proposed Ordinance is on file in the Office
of the City Clerk for inspection by the public between the hours of
8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.
This public hearing may be continued from time to time.
No stenographic record by a certified court reporter is made of
this meeting. Accordingly, any person who may seek to appeal
any decision involving the matters noticed herein will be responsi-
ble for making a verbatim record of the testimony and evidence at
this meeting upon which any appeal is to be based.
All interested persons are invited to attend and be heard. Written
comment filed with the City Clerk of the City of Venice, will be
heard and considered.
If you are disabled and need assistance, please contact the City
Clerk's office at least 24 hours prior to the meeting.
/s/
Lori Stelzer, MMC, City Clerk
Publish: April 13, 2013

pending in the Circuit Court for
SARASOTA County, Florida,
Probate Division, the address of
which is Karen E. Rushing,
Clerk-Probate Department, P.O.
Box 3079, Sarasota, FL
34230-3079. The names and
addresses of the personal rep-
resentative and the personal
representative's attorney are
set forth below.
All creditors of the decedent
and other persons having
claims or demands against
decedent's estate on whom a
copy of this notice is required to
be served must file their claims
with this court WITHIN THE
LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER
THE TIME OF THE FIRST
PUBLICATION OF THIS
NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER
THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A
COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON
THEM.
All other creditors of the
decedent and other persons
having claims or demands
against decedent's estate must
file their claims with this court
WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER
THE DATE OF THE FIRST
PUBLICATION OF THIS
NOTICE.
ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED
WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS
SET FORTH IN SECTION
733.702 OF THE FLORIDA
PROBATE CODE WILL BE
FOREVER BARRED.
NOTWITHSTANDING THE
TIME PERIOD SET FORTH
ABOVE. ANY CLAIM FILED

PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE OF INTENT TO CONSIDER THE ADOPTION OF
CITY OF VENICE ORDINANCE NO. 2013-07
(TEXT AMENDMENT 13-1AM)
NOTICE is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Venice,
Florida will hold a public hearing beginning at 9:00 a.m. or short-
ly thereafter, on April 23, 2013, in Council Chambers, City Hall,
401 West Venice Avenue, Venice, Florida, to consider and act
upon the adoption of the following proposed City Ordinance:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF VENICE, FLORIDA, AMENDING
CHAPTER 86, LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, ARTICLE V, USE REG-
ULATIONS, DIVISION 3, RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS, SEC-
TION 86-81(k), RSF RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT; LIMI-
TATIONS ON SIGNS; CHAPTER 122, ZONING, ARTICLE V, SUP-
PLEMENTARY ZONING DISTRICT REGULATIONS, DIVISION 4,
SIGNS, SUBDIVISION II, IN PERMIT, SECTION 122-582, EXEMP-
TIONS; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT WITH OTHER ORDINANCES;
PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
Purpose of Ordinance: To comply with federal law and permit lim-
ited non-commercial signs in the RSF and PUD zoning districts
which can be used for religious or other first amendment purpos-
es; and the city desires to eliminate any inconsistencies for signs
identifying home occupations by amending its code to prohibit
home occupation signs in the RSF district.
A complete draft of the proposed Ordinance is on file in the Office
of the City Clerk for inspection by the public between the hours of
8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.
This notice is published pursuant to the requirements of Section
166.041, Florida Statutes; accordingly, the publication of same
must be accomplished at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting
at which the above Ordinance is to be considered and acted upon.
A complete draft of the proposed Ordinance is on file in the Office
of the City Clerk for inspection by the public between the hours of
8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.
This public hearing may be continued from time to time.
No stenographic record by a certified court reporter is made of
this meeting. Accordingly, any person who may seek to appeal
any decision involving the matters noticed herein will be responsi-
ble for making a verbatim record of the testimony and evidence at
this meeting upon which any appeal is to be based.
All interested persons are invited to attend and be heard. Written
comment filed with the City Clerk of the City of Venice, will be
heard and considered.
If you are disabled and need assistance, please contact the City
Clerk's office at least 24 hours prior to the meeting.
/s/
Lori Stelzer, MMC, City Clerk
Publish: April 13, 2013

6A SUN NEWSPAPERS

WEEKEND EDITION APRIL 13, 2013

Church redo making progress

PHOTOS COURTESY OF CHUCK DENNER
The makeover of the Greater Holy Temple Church of God in Christ, in Laurel, began March 23 with a crew of church members and people
from other congregations. The project continues through April 20.

Pastor Charles McRae and volunteer Kathy Wilson survey
the progress of the makeover of McRae's church, the
Greater Holy Temple Church of God in Christ, in Laurel.

I CITY NOTES

Domestic partner
registry up and
running
The city of Venice
is now accepting ap-
plications for its newly
implemented domestic
partner registry. Gays or
heterosexuals who are
not married can take
advantage of the regis-
try, which grants certain
rights to those who
declare their desire to,
for example, designate
their domestic partner
as their health care
surrogate or act as their
agent to direct funeral
and burial plans.
Those who register
receive an identifica-
tion card that includes
their photo, taken at
city hall at the time of
application. Application
packets can be picked
up at the city clerk's
office at Venice City
Hall, 401 W. Venice Ave.,
Monday through Friday,
8 a.m. 4 p.m.
Take the packet
home to fill out the
application, then make
an appointment with
the clerk's office to
submit the application
and receive identifica-
tion cards. For more
information, call 941
486-2626 and ask for the
city clerk's office. Online
forms and information

Bramble is
manager of the
year
Monica Bramble,
wife of Venice Utilities
Director Len Bramble,
has just been named
the national Solid Waste
Manager of the Year by
the American Public
Works Association.
Monica Bramble,
who is the solid waste
manager for the city
of North Port, was
informed of the award
this week. An award
ceremony will take
place in August at the
International Public
Works Congress and
Exposition in Chicago.
APWA, formed in
1937, is the leading pro-
fessional organization
for all things termed
"public works," includ-
ing road/street main-
tenance, solid waste
collection, solid waste
disposal, recycling,
water supply, water
treatment, wastewater
collection, wastewater
treatment, stormwater
collection, stormwater
treatment, animal
control and mosquito
control.

FILM
FROM PAGE 1

on the years when
Ringling Bros. and
Barnum & Bailey
Circus ran its Clown
College.
"World Circus" is
one of 27 films that
will show on Sunday,
the very last day of the
festival.
Filmmaker awards
and closing night

Our core philosophy at Help at Home is to provide that peace of mind to you and your family by
offering the very best in private home health care. Whatever you need companionship, personal care,
skilled nursing care for an hour a day or around-the-clock, rehabilitation therapy or social worker
visits you can turn to us for help!

Enough. Kid's lives are at
stake.
It's irritating when the
politicians in Washington,
D.C., use double-talk to
avoid speaking directly about
an issue, but it's quite an-
other situation when Sarasota
County Sheriff Tom Knight
does the same thing right
here.
We're talking about Knight's
decision to pull deputies out
of city schools, including
Venice High and the schools
in Sarasota.
Have you heard the reason
he's giving for pulling out the
deputies?
The main reason for the
move, Knight said, is to avoid
confusion in the chain of
command on campus.
"If something happens
on the school campus, the
primary responding agency is
Venice (Police Department),"
Knight said. "From a pure uni-
ty-of-command and decision-
making (standpoint), we don't
want green uniforms running
around blue uniforms, saying
'Who's in command and
control?'"
Seriously? That's the reason?
The Sheriff is saying that
if something as simple as a
fight breaks out or something
as serious as a shooter gets
on campus, he feels it's
much better to have one law
enforcement officer than
two because the two might
get confused over who is in
charge.
This is a joke. It has to be.
Imagine the worst and con-
sider what the Sheriff would do
if a student died on campus as
a result of violence. How would
the Sheriff console the parents?
"I'm sorry we didn't have two
officers on campus," he would
say. "There was too big a chance
they might have gotten con-
fused over who was in charge.
I'm sorry for your loss."

Enough.
We would have had far
more respect for Sheriff
Knight if he had simply said,
"We're still facing a budget
crisis and feel that cities like
Venice and Sarasota should
be able to carry the load of
providing police protection
for their own schools. As the
economy improves, we'll aim
to get deputies back in the
schools to work with the city
police officers."
If the Sheriff had said
something like that, at least
the answer would have been
somewhat credible.
And here's what's perplex-
ing. We like the Sheriff. He's a
great guy. He seems to make
smart decisions. He is so
loved that when he last ran
for office, he ran unopposed.
That's why we are confused
on how he can be so tone-
deaf on this issue.
And just when you think

the Sheriff couldn't make the
situation worse, he did just
that late this week.
It happened after Venice
Mayor John Holic sent a letter
to the Sheriff, explaining that
Venice residents pay the same
taxes as county residents. The
Sheriff cannot discriminate
and decide to keep deputies in
county schools but remove them
from city schools, Holic said.
The Sheriff isn't being fair
and is, essentially, overcharg-
ing city residents, the mayor
argued.
Sheriff Knight's written
response was an example
in how not to calm down a
touchy subject.
Rather than offering to go
before the Venice City Council
to explain the situation, the
Sheriff told the mayor to go
talk to the city manager and
the city police chief. And
then, in what appears to be
a rather rude ultimatum, the

Sheriff wrote, "This decision
will not be changed."
Wow. If the Sheriff's pur-
pose was to make people
angry, he succeeded.
In so many ways, the Sheriff
has handled this situation
badly.
Even if he changes his mind
and says his decisions are
budget-related, we cannot
look past his comments that
schools shouldn't have two
law enforcement officers
because of unity-of-command
issues.
We're reminded of an inci-
dent that happened two years
ago in the small town of High
Springs, Fla., near Gainesville.
At a community school there,
a disgruntled grandparent
went to his car, grabbed a
handgun and walked back
toward the school.
An Alachua County
Sheriff's deputy and a High
Springs police officer worked

SARASOTA COUNTY SHERIFF'S VIEW OF LAW ENFORCEMENT...

Scott:

In the four years before I took of-
fice, Florida lost more than 825,000
jobs, unemployment more than
tripled from 3.5 percent to
11.1 percent, and state debt
increased by $5.2 billion.
Today, our businesses have cre-
ated more than 280,000 new private
sector jobs, Florida's unemploy-
ment rate has dropped below the
national average to 7.8 percent, we
have paid down state debt by
$2 billion; and we are not stopping
there.
We cut taxes, eliminated thou-
sands of regulations on job cre-
ators, and invested in education.
It's working.
Because we made the hard
choices over the past two years, we
are able to make the smart choices
to keep our economy growing this
year. We have a projected budget
surplus for the first time in six
years.
Our challenges are different in
this budget, but our goal is abso-
lutely the same: economic growth
and job creation.
This year, we have two priorities
to keep our economy growing: first,
remove the sales tax on manufac-
turing equipment to create more
manufacturing jobs, and second,
invest in our teachers by providing

MISSION STATEMENT

Our plans are paying off

them a well-deserved pay raise.
Our Florida Families First Budget
supports these priorities while
maintaining substantial reserves.
This is responsible stewardship of
taxpayer money.
Why are we so focused on creat-
ing jobs and improving education?
Why do we focus on putting Florida
Families First in our budget?
Because every Florida family wants
not just to dream but to have the
opportunity to make those dreams
come true.
We must invest in our education
system, support our teachers and
cut taxes to help create more jobs.
Our work to cut spending and live
within our means over the past two
years has allowed us to once again
invest in education. Student learn-
ing is important to the economy
because the workers of tomorrow
are in Florida classrooms today.
The single most important factor
in student learning is the quality of
teaching. That is why we eliminated
teacher tenure, signed performance
pay into law, and it will take effect
in 2014. Florida's education system
is making tremendous progress,
due in large part to our great teach-
ers and many in the Legislature.
Our students and teachers were
recently ranked sixth for educa-
tional quality; and our fourth-
graders scored among the highest
in the world on a recent reading
evaluation.
The best way we can build on
this progress is to reward our hard-
working teachers with a $2,500 pay
raise. Some say they are afraid that
giving raises to all teachers may
mean that a teacher doing a bad
job gets rewarded.
But, thanks to our work, we are
now in a better position than ever

before to reward good teachers
and move bad teachers out of the
classroom. We don't want a war on
teachers; we want a war on failure.
An investment in Florida teach-
ers is an investment in Florida's
future because teachers change
lives.
That is why our budget increases
K- 12 education funding by more
than $1.2 billion. This billion dollar
commitment builds on our billion
dollar investment in K- 12 educa-
tion last year and our total educa-
tion investment in state funding for
K-12 schools this year is the highest
state-funding level in Florida
history.
This represents an increase of
more than $400 in per-student
funding over the current fiscal
year. Getting a great education
helps dreams come true and those
dreams are almost always jobs.
That is why our formula for success
focuses on education and jobs.
As long as even one Florida
family needs a job, our work is not
done. That is why we are commit-
ted to removing the sales tax on
manufacturing equipment. Florida
is one of only a few states with this
tax, and we lag behind the nation
in per capital manufacturing jobs.
Manufacturing has a major
impact on our economy because
every manufacturing job supports
two to three other jobs in our state.
I believe Florida will be the num-
ber one place in the world for job
creation, the number one place in the
world to get a great education, and
the number one place in the world
where families can afford to live.
Everything we have done togeth-
er over the past two years has been
geared toward economic growth.
It's working.

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I LETTERS FROM OUR READERS

Correction

In the April 3 Letter
to the Editor by Mike
Rafferty about the tax-
able value of Bay Indies,
he stated the value was
reduced by $8 million.
The Gondolier had
printed otherwise and
regrets the change.

Let Publix know
you support
farmworkers

Editor:
That was an excellent
editorial in your
March 20th newspaper
publicizing the unjust
plight of the farmworkers
who harvest tomatoes
and other crops for our
dinner tables. All they are
asking for is a penny-a-
pound increase in their
meager wages.
Only a skin-flint miser
would object to paying
that small increase in
the cost of tomatoes to
provide a decent income
for the poor farmworkers
who labor all day in the
fields for our benefit.
If everyone who shops
at Publix Supermarkets
were to personally speak
to the store manager to
voice their approval of
the penny-a-pound in-
crease, then the Lakeland
Company CEO may see
the light and endorse
this justified increased
pittance to benefit the
farmworkers.
Thanks again for this
editorial.

Editor:
First of all let me say
that I do not now nor
have I ever worked for
Publix. Neither do any of
my relatives or friends.
That said, like Father
Vincent Sheehy, I, too,
support the farmworkers
who labor all day in the
fields for our benefit.
Unlike him and others, I
won't picket Publix.
Having bought
tomatoes from Publix
for years, I notice that
every year I pay more
and more for them. Why,
you ask? Because Publix
pays more and more for
tomatoes every year.
You see, Publix pays
for produce. I'm pretty
sure that they are pay-
ing at least a penny a
pound more this year
for tomatoes than they
did last year. They are
likely paying at least
50 cents a pound more
this year than they did
when I bought my first
tomatoes from them 15
years ago.
The only "skin-flint
misers" in this picture
are the farmers. Even
though Publix pays
them more and more
every year, the farm-
ers refuse to pass it
along to the migrant
workers.
I will personally speak
to the local Publix man-
ager and ask that they
continue to support the
farmworkers by pur-
chasing the produce that
they pick. Otherwise, the
farmworkers will be out
of a job.

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hand-in-hand to stop this man,
who ended up getting shot
after trying to kill the police
officer. Did these two law en-
forcement officers argue over
who was in charge? Of course
not. They worked together.
It was instinct for them.
Their training kicked in, and
they worked as a team to face
the threat.
And because two officers
worked together, there are
likely students and school of-
ficials alive today who might
have been gunned down back
then.
Sheriff Knight's "unity of
command" argument is hard
to swallow.
It's not a reason. It's political
double-talk.
Again, we like the Sheriff.
That's why we're so confused
over his stance on this. He
seems so out of touch with
how strongly people feel
about this. In fact, in Sheriff
Knight's letter to Mayor Holic,
the Sheriff's misjudgement
of the issue becomes clear
when he accuses the major of
politicizing the issue.
Seriously?
Let us be clear on this.
There is nothing more politi-
cal, nothing more poignant,
than when you talk about
the safety of our children and
grandchildren.
Nothing.
This is very much political.
How can the Sheriff not see
this?
Please, Sheriff, go before
the Venice City Council and
explain your reasons in your
own words. If this is not a
budget issue, explain how
chain-of-command issues
outweigh the benefit of hav-
ing two officers at a city high
school.
Our children's lives could be
at stake.
We are baffled by your
stance.

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LETTERS
FROM PAGE 8

Picket the real villains
in this matter picket
the farmers who refuse
to pay their employees a

living wage, not

an example. The safety
issue may cause Allegiant
Airlines to cancel its
service to this airport.
If they do, it will impact
the area by millions of
dollars and threaten
the safety of pilots and
residents in the area.

Publix. Some towers could be
closed with little impact
Ron Grant to safety while others
Venice will have a major impact.
So, let me give you an
Tanalof-mr QSunn o that

Shutting down
airport towers not
an answer

Editor:
I would like to com-
ment on Mr. Butler's
letter to the editor on
March 27 regarding
sequester cuts and clos-
ing airport towers. I agree
that there is a lot of value
in following through with
the sequester cuts.
However, most of the
cuts are only meant to
inflict pain, not re-
ally solve an economic
problem. The cuts could
easily be applied to
low-impact items. An
important point Mr.
Butler brought up was
why are there cuts when
the sequester is only to
reduce the increase of
spending.
No one has answered
that question.
The FAA has made the
decision to take 75 per-
cent of its sequester
reduction and apply it to
closing towers, instead
of equally distributing
the cuts throughout their
budget. By closing tow-
ers, they are impacting
the safety and economies
of local communities.
Take Punta Gorda as

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Sarasota decided that it
needed to do a sequester
and decided that it
needed to reduce the use
of electricity.
There are probably
many areas they could
cut electricity with little
impact to our citizens.
But what if they
decided to apply the cut
of electricity to traffic
lights and replace them
with 4 way stop signs.
Now, there are probably
some intersections that
could be replaced with
four-way stop signs with
little impact to safety.
However, what if they
made the intersection
of Highway 41 and Clark
Road into a four-way
stop, with more than
20,000 vehicle move-
ments per peak hour.
Big problem to safety!
Well, that is the equiva-
lent to closing the towers
at several very busy
airports on the FAA list.
Public safety, pilot
safety and economics
of affected airports are
at stake. Sequester cuts
could have been made
in a logical way but were
made politically to only
inflict as much pain as
possible.
Several cities are now
suing the FAA over these

closures. Our federal
government continues to
make the most asinine
decisions, and we keep
electing these idiots. It
really makes me believe
that we have children
running our government.
This has got to stop.

John Moeckel
Venice

Founding Fathers
focused on people,
not guns

Editor:
I always love it when
anti-gun folks recite their
"Founding Fathers had
no idea of the firepower
available now" mantra.
I agree! What, were they
supposed to be? Fortune
tellers?
However they were hip
to the "assault weapons"
of the day and intelligent
enough to realize that
a weapon is only a tool.
And that "assault" is an
action, not an object. So
they focused their efforts
on the lowlifes that were
preying upon them, and
left the Constitution and
militia as is.

Doug Campbell
Venice

Tell us the story but
spare the sordid
details

Editor:
It is not only annoying
but poor journalism in
the Gondolier's reports
of details of domestic
abuse.
This is not a one-time
occurrence; we see it

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to put domestic abuse
into focus so the victims
can be assured justice
and perpetrators can be
stopped and appropri-
ately punished.
However, there is no
reason our city news-
paper should describe
the sordid details.
Even though you don't
publish the names of
the victims, there is
enough information
given to easily identify
them. Have you consid-
ered the privacy of the
victim?
We don't need to
know the play-by-play
of hostile actions being
performed behind
closed doors. Leave that
for the court.
Take another look at
the low-class reporting
you provided us on
April 3 and compare it
with your mission state-
ment. This is not quality
reporting. This reads
like the script from a
Jerry Springer TV show.
The banner across to-
day's edition is "Church
vandalism, trash texts,
road rage spoil Easter."
And in the first para-
graph, you mention the
resurrection of Jesus
Christ! Really? In the
same article?
This behavior has
nothing to do with
Easter and has no place
as a headline. One
would never be reading
this junk in a quality
newspaper.
Please ratchet up the
quality instead of bring-
ing down the image
of Venice. Tell us what

happened but spare us
the details.

Judith McGinty
Venice

Dress better at
theaters, churches

Editor:
My husband and I
attended the final per-
formance of "Our Town"
at the Venice Theatre
recently, a most moving
and professional produc-
tion. However, we were
shocked at the numbers
of theater-goers our age
(in our 70s) who attended
in flip-flops, T-shirts and
shorts and who looked as
though they were going
to clean out the garage
instead of going to the
theater.
Then, on Easter
Sunday, we attended
church services and lined
up for Communion while
two teenage girls in front
of us had on flip-flops
and such short shorts
that they spent their time
in line trying to pull down
their shorts enough to
cover their tushes.
I know this is a vacation
beach community but
where is the decorum
and respect being paid in
houses of worship and in
theaters? And what kinds
of examples do we set for
others?
I hate to sound so
old-fashioned but Venice
is such a special com-
munity to us that we
hate to see visitors and
residents desecrate its
venues by not dressing

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appropriately. Maybe we
need a fashion editor at
the Gondolier who could
applaud well-dressed
residents who set an
example of appropriate-
ness so that visitors and
others might follow their
stylishness and fashion
sense.

Kathy and Les Megyeri
Venice

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A night after suffering a
heartbreaking 1-0 defeat,
the Venice Indians got
back to their winning
ways with a 4-0 shutout
win over defending 8A
champion Spruce Creek.
Tyson Albert held the
opposition scoreless for
his second straight start,
striking out six over five
innings and allowing four
hits.
"Tonight, the defense
was outstanding," Albert
said. "Guys are making
unbelievable diving plays
behind me."
The Indians gave Albert
an early cushion, too,
building a 2-0 lead in the
first on an RBI double by
Mike Rivera and an RBI
single by Nick Longhi.
Brandon Elmy doubled
with two outs to start the
rally.
"Pitching with a lead is
huge," Albert said. "You
get to throw pitches you
wouldn't normally throw
if you have to worry
about giving up a run."
The Indians padded
their lead with two
insurance runs in the
fifth. Colton Lightner's
grounder to short was
bobbled by Walker Bailey,
allowing pinch runner
Langston Provitt to score
and Venice to stay out of
what would've been an
inning-ending double
play.
Lightner was thrown
out, but Elmy followed
with a single to left that
brought Dalton Guthrie
home and made it a 4-0
game.
Cooper Hammond
threw the final two in-
nings and allowed one hit
to earn the save.
Venice Head Coach
Craig Faulkner believes

Thursday's loss will pay
off for his team down the
road.
"You wonder how many
losses is the right amount
of losses," Faulkner said.
"Not losing a game is
not good, I feel like. We
learned from our loss last
night."
But for a team so
accustomed to winning,
it was important to avoid
one loss becoming two,
particularly against such
a formidable opponent.
"We didn't want to lose
two in a row, obviously,"
Albert said. "But to come
back against a team like
that and get a win, it kind
of makes you forget about
last night."

Rams upset
Indians 1-0
The Indians ran into
a one-man buzzsaw
Thursday night as
Riverview starter Sean
Labsan threw six score-
less innings and Blake
Wyant worked out of a
bases-loaded jam in the
seventh to give the Rams
(18-3) a 1-0 upset win
over Venice (18-3).
The Rams scored
the game's only run in
the top of the third, as
Kenny Corrigan's infield
single off Brandon Elmy
deflected off the glove
of Venice third baseman
Josh Grubbs and allowed
Cory Labsan to score
from third. Elmy allowed
three hits and walked
four Rams in his three
innings of work.
"He wasn't the normal
Brandon Elmy," Faulkner
said. "That happens. He's
had a lot of success his
last couple outings, but
it's hard to keep doing
that every time out."
Tyler Shambora and
Cooper Hammond

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combined to throw four
innings of 2-hit ball, but
by then the Rams had
all the run support they
would need.
Sean Labsan retired
the first 14 Indians he
faced before hitting Tyler
Atwell and surrender-
ing a single to Ryan
Miller with two outs in
the fifth. The southpaw
worked out of that jam
as well as another one
in the bottom of the
sixth, when he got Mike
Rivera to ground out with
two Indians in scoring
position.
Venice loaded the
bases with no outs in
the seventh, knocking
Labsan out of the game
and putting the winning
run in scoring position.
Jordan Haarer hit into a
fielder's choice and Nick
Longhi, who led off the
inning with a single, was
forced out at home.

Rivera followed with a
flyout to right fielder Ken
Jeffcoat, who threw out
Tyler Atwell attempting
to score.
It took a perfect
throw from Jeffcoat, a
sophomore who was
recently called up from
Riverview's JV team, to
gun down Atwell.
Antczak said, "All the
criticisms that parents
want to have about put-
ting a guy out there just
for defense, and bringing
him up from JV, it's just
nice that he could go out
there and make a huge
play for us."
Faulkner chalked the
game up to nothing more
than running into a good
pitcher on the wrong
night.
"He's done it all year,
it's not a secret," he
said of Labsan, who has
earned 1-0 wins over
Venice each of the last

three years.
"He's a draftable kid.
Great pitching always
beats good hitting. That's
just the way the game
goes."

Ray Sinibaldi
book signing
Saturday at Barnes
and Noble
Ray Sinibaldi, the base-
ball team's PA announcer,
will participate in a
book signing for his new
book, "Spring Training in
Bradenton and Sarasota,"
at the Sarasota Barnes
and Noble Saturday,
April 12, from 1-3 p.m.

Veterans' Night
April 19 v. North
Port
The Indians will host
their second annual
Veterans Night Friday,
April 19, in their regular

season finale against
North Port.
All veterans and their
spouses will receive free
admission, a hot dog
and a drink. Veterans
can pick up their com-
plimentary tickets at the
Venice Gondolier Sun
offices.
The Indians began
holding Veterans Night
last season in honor of
the late Colonel Jack
Dundas, a Korean War
and World War II vet who
was one of the base-
ball program's biggest
supporters.
Sponsorship and sales
of commemorative hats
will be donated to the
Wounded Warrior Project,
which provides support
to injured soldiers.
Ceremonies begin at
6:40 p.m. and the game
will start at 7 p.m.

e-mail: rsmith@Venice6ondolier.com

HIGH SCHOOL VARSITY SOFTBALL

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After a walk to Brooke
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lowed with back-to-back
RBI singles.
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Nikki Kovalsky hit two home runs, but Venice came up short against Lemon Bay Thursday.

singled and came around
to score on a Kovalsky
single, but Lemon Bay
quickly took back the lead.
Jones walked and on the
attempted sacrifice by the
next batter, the Indians
committed an error to
move Jones to third. She
scored on a single by
Shirley.
The Indians couldn't
capitalize on two walks in

the sixth, and the Manta
Rays scratched across
an insurance run in the
seventh.
Bridget Ruhl singled
and was sacrificed up to
second. On the sacrifice,
the Indians left third
uncovered, which allowed
Ruhl to easily coast into
third. Lamarr then singled
in Ruhl.
"We kept coming

back and falling short,"
Sandburg said. "We finally
got what we expected on
offense out of some
people, but we still make
mental mistakes on
offense."
The Indians will open
postseason play Monday
night when they host
Charlotte in district quar-
terfinal play. First pitch is
at 7 p.m.

SPORTS BRIEF

Baseball to benefit Relay For
Life set for April 13
Relay For Life of Englewood/Venice
is teaming up with the Charlotte
Stone Crabs to raise money for a
good cause.
The Florida Hitmen and Florida
Stingers will hold an exhibition
softball game at Charlotte Sports
Park, Saturday April 13 at 3:30 p.m.,

followed by the Stone Crabs hosting
the Fort Myers Thunder at 6:30 p.m.
Tickets are $12, with $3 of every
ticket sold going to Relay For Life.
Admission to both games, a hot dog
and a soft drink are included in the
price. Fireworks will follow the Stone
Crabs game.
To purchase tickets, contact Mike
Kekel at 941-628-2325 or Monica
Tomory at 941-468-4228.

By ROB SMITH
SPORTS EDITOR
Thursday was a ban-
ner day for the Venice
High tennis programs.
Shortly after the boys
punched their ticket to
the FHSAA state finals
with a 4-2 win over
Sarasota, the girls team
did the same with a
4-2 win over Lakewood

POLICIES
FROM PAGE 1

have experience treating
concussions.
Middle schools do not
fall under the FHSAA
umbrella, but they follow
a similar policy.
"Basically, the same,"
said Laurel Nokomis
School Athletic Director
Dean Theros. "You keep
them out of activity until
they're cleared by the
doctor."
The Sarasota County
School District took a
step toward improving
athlete safety last August
when it implemented

Ranch in front of a
large crowd at Hecksher
Park.
Venice jumped out to
a 3-2 lead after singles
play on the strength of
wins by Ansley Rice,
Taylor Jais and Emme
Zastempowski.
"I knew if we could
go up 3-2 after singles,
we were in control of
our destiny and we

the Immediate Post-
concussion Assessment
and Cognitive Testing
(ImPACT) program for all
high school football play-
ers and cheerleaders.
Anyone participating
in those sports must
complete a 20-minute
computerized baseline
test that measures
memory, reaction time
and concentration.
Should a football player
or cheerleader suffer a
concussion, he or she
must re-take the test. A
doctor then compares the
results of the two tests
and decides whether the
athlete is ready to return.
For athletes in other
sports, however, there is

were going to win,"
Venice Head Coach
Jason Golden said. "We
have been battle-tested
all year long so I felt
that what was at stake
wouldn't affect us."
The Indians
sealed the win in
doubles play as Jais
and Zastempowski
defeated Lakewood
Ranch's Casey Rowe

no such mandate.
Dr. Russell Bauer, a
board-certified University
of Florida professor
and neuropsychologist
who specializes in the
treatment of traumatic
brain injuries, believes
the FHSAAs policy is not
strong enough.
"Anybody who doesn't
have knowledge about
concussions or brain
injuries, whether they're a
physician or not, should
not be clearing kids to
play," Bauer said. "The
person clearing a kid
to play needs to have
training and expertise
in the diagnosis and
management of sports
concussions.
"That's the issue; just
because you're a physician
doesn't mean you have
that expertise."
Dr. Rob Winegar, Ph.D,
a pediatric neuropsy-
chologist who practices in
Sarasota, agreed.
"The idea that any
physician, by virtue of the
fact that he's got a MD or a
DO after his name, has the
requisite skills to do that
is obviously not sensible,"
Winegar said.
Bauer, along with pedi-
atric neuropsychologist
Dr. Geoffrey Kanter and
Dr. Ruben Echemendia,
chairman of the NHL
and MLS concussion
programs, spoke at the
FHSAA's Sports Medicine
Advisory Committee

and Hannah Kneeland
6-3, 6-1.
"I am very proud of
the girls and their win
today," Golden said.
"They left it all on the
court today to achieve
their goal of getting to
states."
The state finals begin
Monday in Altamonte
Springs and conclude
Wednesday.

(SMAC) meeting
March 12.
Kanter raised concerns
at the meeting about
the FHSAA's policy and
stressed the importance
of neurologists in the
process.
The numbers game,
however, leaves the
FHSAA in a no-win situa-
tion for the time being.
"There's nowhere near
enough neurologists to
go around," Bauer said.
"Many kids who play
FHSAA sports don't even
have a pediatrician.
There's just not enough
neurological specialists to
make them a mandatory
participant."
Bauer is currently work-
ing to change that fact
through his concussion
surveillance/management
program, a grant-funded
initiative aimed at educat-
ing Florida physicians
about concussions.
Winegar said devel-
oping such programs
is important because
high school athletes are
particularly vulnerable to
concussions.
"The research tells us
that young people con-
cuss easier than do adults,
and take longer to recover
than adults," he said. "I do
think there are kids who
are back into action before
they should be; that's
been verified through a
plethora of research."
Bauer was added to the

SMAC's subcommittee
shortly after the March 12
meeting and said training
programs are a top prior-
ity for the FHSAA. He also
said a mandatory concus-
sion certification program
for physicians making
return-to-play decisions
could be in place in as
little as a year.
"We will eventually
move toward some sort
of certification so that the

health care practitioners
know what they're doing,"
he said. "We're in a state
of concussion law where
we've got a clear path to
what the kid needs to be
doing.
"Now we need to make
sure that these physicians
are up to snuff. It's not
rocket science. The issue
is implementing (certifica-
tion) in a practical way."
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In Sarasota County, high school football players and cheerleaders
will get a baseline test at the beginning of the year that will test
their cognitive skills. If they get a concussion, that test will be used to
determine how well they are recovering. The catch? Baseline tests are
not given in any other high school sports.
High school rules require a doctor's note in order for an injured
player to return to his or her team. But in the case of concussions, there
is no requirement that the doctor's release come from a neurologist.
Doctors told the Venice Gondolier Sun that letting other doctors give a
release is not prudent. The catch? There are not enough neurologists in
Florida to take care of high school athletes.
Many high school athletes do not have a family doctor.
Middle and high school athletes take longer to recover from a
concussion than college students and professional athletes. Worse,
high school athletes are more susceptible to getting a concussion than
older athletes.
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Two injured in boat crash off Boca Grande

By CLINTON BURTON
ASSISTANT
ENGLEWOOD EDITOR
Two men were report-
edly injured, one se-
verely, Friday afternoon
when two boats collided
in Bull Bay off the coast
of Boca Grande.
According to Charlotte
County Fire/EMS
spokeswoman Dee
Hawkins-Garland, two
men, both in their 50s,

were transported to local
hospitals.
"One of the men was
a trauma alert because
of a loss of conscious-
ness and he had a large
laceration to the head,"
Hawkins-Garland said.
"The patient was flown
out via Bayflite to Lee
Memorial Hospital in
Fort Myers."
A second man, who
was injured but not as

severely, was taken by
ambulance to Fawcett
Memorial Hospital in
Port Charlotte, Hawkins-
Garland said.
"Right now, he is
stable," she said Friday
afternoon.
Just before 1 p.m.,
Hawkins-Garland said,
a call came in that two
flats boats carrying
several people each had
collided in the shallow

waters of the bay. The
Charlotte County Fire/
EMS marine rescue boat
was dispatched to the
location, along with
units from Lee County
EMS. The Boca Grande
Fire Department and
the Englewood Fire
Department were also
dispatched, she said.
"But Bull Bay is
very shallow and
most marine units

require a certain draft.
Fortunately, one of the
rescuers was able to hop
on another boat and
reach the crash site,"
Hawkins-Garland said.
One of the injured
men had been thrown
overboard and was
unconscious in the
water, she said, but was
breathing and being
held up by some of the
boat passengers.

Both of the injured
men were taken to Boca
Grande Marina. They
were loaded into sepa-
rate ambulances, one
bound for Fawcett and
the other to the helicop-
ter landing pad at the
Lee County Mosquito
Control location on
Gasparilla Island.
Neither man was
identified by authorities.
Email: cburton@sun-herald.com

DEBATE
FROM PAGE 1

our school resource
officers removed."
Holic pointed out
that 83 percent of
students who attend
Venice High reside
outside of city limits,
insinuating a level of
county responsibility
to continue providing
SROs.
"This is not intended
to get into a battle with
the Sheriff," Holic said.
"We just want him to
reconsider. I presented
this to the Council of
Governments yesterday
and there was good
support from other
municipalities."
"Somebody is taking
that service away, and
no one is objecting. It's
just another example
of something we are
paying for being taken
away and not compen-
sating the city for it,"

Holic said.
"If we don't try to
abate this, we will have
more and more ser-
vices" reduced.
Knight rejected the
idea that his decision
was based on the
budget.
He also rejected
the dual taxation
argument, saying
the Florida Supreme
Court has already
ruled on the issue in a
1985 decision involv-
ing the town of Palm
Beach and Palm Beach
County.
In that ruling, judges
opined all the county
had to do is prove it
provides a minimal
level of benefit, and is
not obliged to provide
"proportional services"
commensurate with
a particular level of
taxation.
The court said it was
difficult if not impos-
sible to quantify all the
services provided by a
county Sheriff's Office,

since much of what
they offer is on standby
until local authorities
need it.
In the city's case, it
relies on the Sheriff's
Office for key services,
like it's SWAT team,
forensics, drug lab,
special investigations
unit, criminal investiga-
tions, victim assistance,
aviation, marine patrols,
and public service aides.
Delineating county
versus municipal ser-
vices is further compli-
cated, stated the court,
by people who traverse
both jurisdictions at
any given time. For
example, a city resident
might need county
services while driving
within the unincorpo-
rated area of the county,
and vice versa.
Knight had the
support of two Venice
council members.
Emilio Carlesimo and
Jeanette Gates voted
against asking the
Sheriff to reconsider

his decision on SROs.
"This is a really
good opportunity to
support our Venice
Police Department,"
Gates said. "... that
this (school) is theirs,
and get the financial
support (for additional
SROs) so that this is
their jurisdiction."
Carlesimo also
weighed in on the
subject., focusing on
the six deputies spread
across Venice High
and five Sarasota city
schools.
"Do we get our
money's worth?" asked
Carlesimo. "We pay
them for being there
when we need him. He
has demonstrated" suc-
cess in that respect.
"If the board of
education is paying out
$300,000 a year to sub-
sidize the SROs, then
my issue is with the
board of education."
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of years. Today, espe-
cially at such places as
Caspersen Beach, teeth
are easily found in piles
of shells or where the
water breaks on the
shore.
Fans gather them with
"Florida Snow shovels"
or simply by bending
over and looking closely
at the sand until they
spot the distinctive
triangle shape and color.
Most are black or dark
shades of grey but some
are brown. It all depends
on the color of the sand
where the teeth were
fossilized.
Venice Lions Club
sponsors a sharks tooth

dig for children who
attend the festival. There
also will be games and a
bounce house.
Learn all this and
more from the experts at
the festival. Or, go for the
food and entertainment.
All sorts of carnival food
is available for purchase
and entertainment is
nearly non-stop during
the festival. Admission
is $3 per person and free
for children under 12.
For more information,
call 941-412-0402 or visit:
SharksToothFest.com.

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Manasota Key considers Stump Pass and sand

By STEVE REILLY
STAFF WRITER

More than 60 Manasota
Key residents didn't raise
any objections to a pro-
posed 10-year Stump Pass
management plan that
includes the installation of
artificial structures.
However, some residents
attending a public meet-
ing at the Gulf-to-Bay
community center did ask
about what's needed to
get dredged sand on their
beaches.
Chuck Mopps, Charlotte
County coastal project
manager, and Michael
Poff, vice president of
Coastal Engineering
Consultants, presented

WATER
FROM PAGE 1

Venetian Golf and
River Club paid $11,620
from March 2012 to
February 2013 for its
reclaimed water. Under
the new rate scheme,
that would go up to
$47,287 next year, and
up to $134,906 annually
in five years.
And still it would not
cover the cost to the city
to provide the reclaimed
water.
Lake Venice Golf
Course, the city's larg-
est bulk rate reclaimed
water user at
152 million gallons last

the residents what they
described as a "flexible"
plan for Stump Pass pos-
sibly incorporating rocky,
jetty-like groins or "perme-
able pilings" extending
perpendicular to the Gulf
shoreline along the Stump
Pass State Park.
The county identified
sand sources six miles
offshore that can be used
for beach renourishment.
Both Mopps and Poff
said Florida Department
of Environmental
Protection and other state
officials will have to sign
off on whatever plan is
adopted. State officials,
however, appear to be
more receptive to artificial
structures than they have

year would see it's
rates go up from $12,602
to $51,673 next year, and
up to $147,419 in five
years.
"It's a huge rent
increase under the guise
of a water rate increase,"
said Rod Parry, general
manager at Lake Venice
Golf Course. "It's a lot
more money to pay,
especially in 2017, which
is really scary."
"Hopefully we can find
some common ground
so bulk rates aren't tak-
ing the full brunt of the
increase," Parry said.
Daniels said he thinks
the utility rate stake-
holder group is a good
idea and will likely come
up with an acceptable

on Venice Ave

in the past, Poff said.
Mopps said, "The
bottom line of the (plan) is
to save taxpayers money.
How we are going to do
that is to stabilize the
northern beach (the south-
em tip of Manasota Key)."
With prior Stump Pass
projects and permitting,
the county was required
to deposit 100,000 or more
yards of dredged sand
onto the state park's Gulf
shoreline. South of Stump
Pass, Palm Island, Don
Pedro and Knight Island
property owners pay into
a special municipal service
benefit unit to have their
beaches renourished.
Manasota Key proper-
ties on the Gulf did see

solution for all parties
involved.
"The stakeholder
group has done a
lot of great work be-
fore," Daniels said.
"Unfortunately, we
made a mistake by not
having a representative
of golf courses in the
stakeholders group. No
one represented the golf
courses. We're behind
the eight ball on this."
"It's an awful big jump.
They all know they've
been getting a good deal
... without any price
increase for years, but
what is proposed is like
going from heaven to
hell. It's really too big a
jump for them to digest."
Email: ggiles@venicegondolier.com

erosion with the passing of
Tropical Storm Debby last
June, but Poff said sand
also travels in waves in the
north-to-south littoral Gulf
currents.
When asked by several
residents about getting
similar beach renourish-
ment north of the state
park on Manasota Key,
Poff and Mopps said
residents will have to take
their cause to county
commissioners.
Mopps said Manasota
Key Gulf-front property
owners will also have to
be willing to create a
Municipal Services Benefit
Unit to pay for the sand.
South of the pass, he
estimated that property

owners are paying $1,900
annually into their MSBU.
At public meetings in the
past, Poff said more than
90 percent of property
owners south of Stump
Pass were willing to pay
for sand. Similar meetings
on Manasota Key, he said,
indicated 50 percent of the
people were willing to pay
for sand and 50 percent
were not.
"Many of you are okay
with small pocket beaches
that come and go," he said.
Then there's the ques-
tion of easements.
Once the sand is on the
beach, Poff said permits
require continued mainte-
nance and monitoring of
the beaches. Renourished

beaches need to be tilled
for three years to soften
the sand for shore bird and
sea turtle nesting. Property
owners need to provide
the county easements
so the beaches can be
maintained.
Tommy Brock a long-
time homeowner south
of the public Englewood
Beach and a member
of the county Beaches
and Shores Advisory
Committee suggested
the easements might be
worded to make Manasota
Key property owners more
receptive to allowing the
county onto their proper-
ties.

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Women's Resource Center
president Janice Zarro the lady
with the stunning lapel pins -
and multi-talented entertainer
Nate Jacobs are among this year's
inductees in the Community
Video Archives.
They will be honored April 22
at the annual CVA induction and
video premier at Michael's on
East Ballroom. Selected several
months ago, they and fellow
inductees Isabel Scott Norton
and Charlie Huisking of Sarasota
have undergone an extensive
interview process, combed
through family and other photo
albums and been videotaped.
The goal is to create a video
about each person and his or her
contribution to the community,
including family photos and on-
camera interview of the honoree.
These four join more than 100
other area leaders whose video
biographies have been preserved
and stored in the Sarasota
County Public libraries, the Jane
Cook Library at New College, the
Sarasota County History Center
and the United States Library of
Congress.
The videos are available to
all who use those sources as
well as to all students in the
Sarasota County School system
through its multi-media system.
Companion videos honor
area artists, events and special
productions.

Janice Zarro

Zarro, an attorney and consul-
tant to major U.S. corporations,
is the executive director of the
Women's Resource Center of
Sarasota County. According
to its website, WRC "has 350
volunteers and touches the lives
of 12,800 annually."
Zarro has a collection of

distinctive pins, which she wears
proudly to accent a suit or dress.
"I bought it at Encore & More"
(the WRC consignment shop)
she has been heard to say about
her pins. The pins give her
another way to promote WRC.
When Zarro joined WRC a few
years ago, she brought a wealth
of business experience that
proved valuable, whether she is
working with volunteers, WRC
clients or fellow board members
of Doctors Hospital in Sarasota
or the relatively young Venice
Yacht Club Foundation.
Venice attorney Ann
Thompson is a cofounder of the
yacht club foundation and also
serves on WRC board with Zarro.
"Janice's stellar and ener-
getic leadership of the Women's
Resource Center of Sarasota
County impacts and improves
the lives of almost 13,000 women
in our community per year,"
Thompson said. "She leads a
staff and a board whose mission
is women helping women. I
cannot imagine a greater local
honor, nor a more fitting recipi-
ent than Janice.
"The video archives project
provides Sarasota community
organizations, institutions and
individuals with support and
advocacy for their endeavors.
That is precisely why Janice
should be there."
To learn more about the
Women's Resource Center, visit;
TheWomens ResourceCenter.
org.

Nate Jacobs
Jacobs, founder of the
Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe
in 1999, is an entertainer,
director, composer, mentor and
playwright. He has been enter-
taining area audiences for more
than a quarter of a century.
"Nate is a treasure in this area,"
WBTT CEO Christine Jennings

PHOTO COURTESY OF WESTCOAST BLACK THEATRE TROUPE
Leon Pitts II, left, with Chris Eisenberg, Nate Jacobs and Michael Mendez in
a scene from Soul Crooners, produced earlier this season by Westcoast Black
Theatre Troupe. Jacobs will be inducted in the Community Video Archives on
April 22.

said. "The community gets so
much from this one person."
Under the leadership of
Jacobs, the troupe has sent
performers on to Broadway and
national tours. Teresa Stanley
appeared in "The Color Purple"
and is a cast member of the
Broadway show, "Rock of Ages."
Two of the troupe's youngest
members also have had national
success. In 2010, Chris Eisenberg
was in the top 48 of "America's
Got Talent."
In May 2011, Alyssa White won
first place two weeks in a row
at Amateur Night at the world-
famous Apollo Theatre in New
York City and appeared in that
theater's Best of the Best show.
Jacobs was invited to bring
several troupe members to
Germany and Switzerland for
concerts in recent years.
Jacobs was honored last year
by the Sarasota County Branch
NAACP Youth Council as one of
its 2012 Men ofValor.
"The timing of the CVA honor
is perfect," WBTT board member
Eva Slane said. "It recognizes
him as one of the community's
leaders."
In the midst of preparing for
tonight's WBTT opening of "It
Ain't Nothin' But the Blues,"
Jacobs learned Monday that
WBTT was successful in pur-
chasing the warehouse site at
1626 10th Way, where the troupe
has been performing since leav-
ing the Sarasota Art Center.
"I have been floating and
basking in the joy," Jacobs said
Monday. "We have been living
season to season and not know-
ing what tomorrow would bring.
We have gone from having a
home to being able to own it."
Located on two acres, the
company's new home includes
the 15,250-square-foot theater
building and the 11,632-square-
foot Binz building, which can
be used for set construction,
costume and set storage and
as rehearsal space to celebrate
the theatrical space in the main
building.
"This is the perfect location
for us," Jacobs said. "We're
established here and our audi-
ences know where to find us. The
WBTT story is just beginning!"
In its early years, Jacobs ran
WBTT as a repertory company.
WBTT's plays and musical shows
are designed to "promote and
celebrate the African-American
experience." It is one of two such
companies in the state and the
only one on the west coast of
Florida.
To learn more about WBTT
and Jacobs, visit: WBTTroupe.
org.

Isobel Scott Norton
Norton is president of RIN
Investments LLC and has
served such area organiza-
tions as the Ringling College
of Art & Design, Leadership
Florida, Girl Scouts of
Gulfcoast Council, Ringling

SUN PHOTO BY AUDREY BLACKWELL
Janice Zarro, right, stands with Kitty Kelly, who wrote an unauthorized
biography of former president John F. Kennedy and spoke about it at
the Women's Resource Center luncheon in December. Zarro wears a pin
purchased at WRC's Encore! & More, whose proceeds support WRC.

PHOTO COURTESY OF ANN THOMPSON
Ann Thompson, left, with Kaylynna Thompson of the Sarasota Scullers and
Janice Zarro, cochairman, with Thompson of the Venice Yacht Club Charitable

Foundation.
College Library Association,
Sarasota County School Board
and the Sarasota Memorial
Hospital Neighborhood
Advisory Board.

Charlie Huisking
Huisking was an arts and
entertainment writer for
the Sarasota Herald Ti i/iue'
for 33 years and currently
devotes most of his time as a
philanthropist for the Huisking
Foundation, which supports
area arts organizations. He is a
member of the advisory board
of the Westcoast Black Theatre
Troupe.

Community
Video Archives
CVA's mission is to "rec-
ognize living people who
have impacted and shaped

our community during this
current period in time." The
one common denominator is
that each inductee has "gone
beyond the status quo and
made a difference in our com-
munity for today and many
tomorrows to come!"
Retired publisher of the
Venice Gondolier Sun, Bob
Vedder, was inducted into the
CVA in 1993.
The "Hall of Fame" lun-
cheon will begin at 11 a.m.
Monday at Michaels' on
East Ballroom in Sarasota.
The event chairman is Chris
Pfahler of Venice. Annette
Sherman is the founder of
CVA and Judy Fiala is the
event's emcee. To learn more
about CVA, call 941-365-7052
or visit: Community
Sarasota.net
Email: kcool@venicegondolier.com

Birds of various feathers flock together

Nature buffs have
much to love in Venice.
For those who don't
know about it, a fabulous
show of birds nesting,
roosting and doing what
birds do best is nearby
at the Venice Rookery,
4002 South Tamiami
Trail (down Annex Road
behind the Anderson
building).
The Venice Area
Audubon Society
Rookery is free and open
to visitors from dawn to
dusk every day.
On Monday evening,
a crowd of about 40
spectators some
photographers, some
birdwatchers gathered
as various birds came
home to roost.
According to its
website, "During nesting

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season, from November
to May, the Rookery pro-
vides spectacular views
of many bird species
nesting in their natural
habitat. The Rookery is
part of the Great Florida
Birding Trail, in the South
Florida edition."
A paved driveway
winds back to the
Rookery area, where

trees sit in the center of
a pond or small lake and
the birds fly to and fro at
sunrise and sunset.
Surprisingly, the
various bird species get
along with each other, or
at least stay out of each
other's way. And they
have a friendly, neigh-
borhood alligator who
circles the lake keeping
away predators, such as
raccoons. (Of course the
alligator is a friend to
the birds, but it's ques-
tionable how friendly it
would be to humans who
walk along the shell-
lined shoreline.)
On its website, Venice
Audubon lists various
birds that can be seen
at the Rookery in the
trees, in the air and some
on the ground. While it

SUN PHOTO BY AUDREY BLACKWELL

A great egret flies in to roost at the Venice Audubon Center's Rookery Monday evening at about
7 p.m. Standing as an observing sentinel is a great blue heron.

names several species
of birds, such as wood-
storks, cormorants and
the great horned owl,
Monday night's gathering

included just a few: blue
herons, cattle and great
egrets, and anhingas -
adult and babes.
There were so many

birds sitting in the trees,
it was somewhat dif-
ficult to differentiate the

SCF holds concert
State College of Florida
Foundation hosts the 25th
anniversary of "Evening Under
the Stars" April 13, 6 p.m.,
at its Venice campus, 8000
South Tamiami Trail. General
admission is $20 at the gate.
Bring chairs, blankets and
coolers. No tables or pets
allowed. To buy tickets, visit:
ScfFoundation.net.

Exsultate! to perform
The 2012-2013 concert
series "Exsultate! Sings" will
perform "Poetry" April 14,
3:30 p.m., at Grace United
Methodist Church, 400 E.
Field Ave. David Brunner
will add new pieces to "A
Timbered Choir: The Sabbath
Poems, 1979-1997," pairing
it with Randall Thompson's

"Frostiana." Tickets are $17,
students pay $5. Group dis-
count rates are available. Dr.
Brunner will hold a master
class, free and open to the
public, on Saturday, April 13,
2 p.m., at the church. Visit:
Exsultate.org.

Panel: Women &
Technology
A panel comprising five
dynamic women leaders will
be held April 15 at Asolo Rep
Theatre from 5:30 to 8 p.m.,
sponsored by Boys & Girls
Clubs of Sarasota County's
Women's Leadership Council.
"Women in a Changing
World," will focus on Women
and Technology, moderated
by former Arthur Andersen's
CIO and active member of
WLC, Nancy Markle. Co-chairs
of Women in a Changing
World panel are Jonna Keller
and Carol Poteat-Buchanan.
Tickets to the panel and
cocktail reception are $85.
Call 941-366-3911, ext. 135, or
visit: BoysAndGirlsClubs.com.

Venice Musicale
Venice Musicale will
present the area's best young

musicians at the scholarship
winners' concert April 18,
11 a.m., at Venice Public
Library, 300 S. Nokomis Ave.,
Venice. The free concert is
open to the public. Each spring
talented high school and
college students from South
Sarasota County compete for
Venice Musicale's college and
music camp scholarships.
The winners star in this final
concert of the season.

'A Raisin in the Sun'
Asolo Rep presents a
staged reading of Lorraine
Hansberry's American clas-
sic, "A Raisin in the Sun,"
performed by members of
Westcoast Black Theatre
Troupe, Monday, April 22,
7 p.m., at the Mertz Theatre,
FSU Center for the Performing
Arts, 5555 North Tamiami Trail,
Sarasota. A Q&A session and
champagne toast with the cast
follows the reading. Tickets are
$15-$20 (or $5 if purchased
with a ticket for "Clybourne
Park). A $35 tickets includes
a pre-performance reception
at 6 p.m. Purchase tickets at
Asolo Rep box office in person
or by phone, 941-351-8000.

Dance! Pops program
The Venice Symphony will
hold three performances of a
Pops program: Friday, April 26,
8 p.m., and Saturday, April 27,
at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m., at Church
of the Nazarene, 1535 E. Venice
Ave., Venice. Tickets may be
purchased at the door if avail-
able ($20-28), but to ensure the
best seats, call the Symphony
at 941-207-8822.

Gertrude Stein's Paris
Baila Miller presents a free
series of lectures on Gertrude
Stein's Paris at 2 p.m. April 26
at Venice Public Library, 300 S.
Nokomis Ave. The series will
explore Stein's legacy and the
art, literature and music of
the day. All are welcome. Call
Miller Music and Fine Arts at
941-416-4362.

Venice MainStreet:
25 years
Venice MainStreet will
celebrate its 25th anniversary
Saturday, April 27, 7-10:30 p.m.,
at Venice Train Depot, under
the Venice Avenue bridge.
The Silver Moon Jubilee will
include a silent auction, cash

Venice Christian
School celebration
Venice Christian School
will celebrate its 25 anniver-
sary and its new gymnasium
Saturday, April 27, 3-7 p.m.
There will be tours of the
new gym, an outdoor picnic,
music and a ribbon-cutting
ceremony with speakers.

'Second Samuel'
at Venice Theatre
"Second Samuel," a Pulitzer-
nominated comedy by Pamela
Parker, will open on Venice
Theatre's MainStage Tuesday,
April 30 and run through
Sunday, May 19. Performances
are at 8 p.m. Tuesday through
Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday.
Tickets are $25-$28 for adults,
$13-$15 for students; dis-
counted rates are available for
groups of 20 or more. Tickets
are available at the theater's
box office, by phone at 941-
488-1115 or online at
VeniceStage.com.

Here is grammar

with no set rules

--K

JUNE CASAGRANDE
An island nation you
can't find on a map can
threaten your retirement
savings. Your health
insurer could refuse to
pay your medical bills by
arguing you're covered
only if someone drops a
baby grand piano on your
head, not an upright.
On any given day, a
celebrity might say mean
things to a singer you
support through text
messaging.
It's a worrisome world.

CROSS
FROM PAGE 7

SUDOKU
FROM CLASSIFIED

Language is even
worse. Every time you
speak, you open yourself
up to knuckle-rapping
from self-appointed
experts.
So today I figured I'd of-
fer a little reprieve. Here's
a writing matter you
probably needn't worry
about at all: initials.
Pretty much everyone
who ever applied for a job
paused while typing a re-
sume and wondered: Do I
have a B.A. in English or a
BA? An M.A. or an MA? Is
it Ph.D. or PhD?
Initials of proper names
are confusing, too. Is it RJ
Smith, R.J. Smith or even

R. J. Smith, with spaces
between the letters?
And would you put
periods in the initials
of South Carolina,
intelligence quotient,
Alcoholics Anonymous,
American Automobile
Association, compact
disc, the United States
or the United States of
America?
Type any of these
initials with our without
periods and you'll see
that they look pretty
good either way, offer-
ing no clue whether you
should use periods. It's
enough to give you heart
CASAGRANDE13

Barbara Dein was pleas-
antly surprised when
presented with a new
bench and plaque at
the Venice Museum and
Archives volunteer appre-
ciation luncheon
March 27. Historical
Resources Director James
Hagler made the presenta-
tion in West Blalock Park.
The plaque reads "Barbara
Dein Thank you for 25
years of volunteer service
- VeniceMuseum and
Archives."

In order to provide "one-stop shopping" for area
event listings, the Venice Gondolier Sun is consoli-
dating calendar items into a single location. The
Venue calendar includes library, senior, Well-Being
and religion events as well as community events.
We have moved to a reader-submission model for
all of these items.
To get your events printed in the newspaper, they
must be submitted via our website, www.venice-
gondoliersun.com. On the left, click on "Community
Calendar,"then click on "Submit Event"and fill in
the appropriate fields. You must enter the location,
address and phone number in the "Print Edition Text"
box for it to print.

Deadlines: For events to run in Wednesday's paper,
the deadline is 1 p.m. Monday. For events to run in
Saturday's paper, the deadline is 1 p.m. Thursday.
In order to print as many events as possible, we will
print a maximum of four lines per event at no cost. You
may purchase additional space for $10 per day, per
event, per edition. Simply choose"Paid Listing"on the
"Submit Event"page on the website. All paid listings
will run in the location designated for the event type.
We will only allow one submission per event, per
day. If your event runs for more than one day, you will
need to submit a separate form for each day. Multiple
submissions of the same event for the same date may
result in all the related events being removed.

The cockney accent of
one character and even
some lines in the Asolo
Conservatory produc-
tion of George Bernard
Shaw's "Candida," seem
right out of another Shaw
play, "Pygmalion," which
inspired the musical, "My
Fair Lady."
Featuring second year
students in the FSU/
Asolo Conservatory
of Actor Training, the
play is about Candida
(Amanda Lynn Mullen),
who is challenged to
choose between her
husband, Rev. James
Mavor Morell (Brian
Nemiroff), a Christian
Socialist clergyman of
the Church of England,
and Eugene Marchbanks
(Benjamin Williamson),
a young man who
seems to come from a
solid background yet

was unable to acquire
any substance. Also
part of the story are
the pastor's secretary,
Miss Prosperpine
Garnett (Kristen
Lynne Blossom);
Morell's curate, Rev.,
Lexy Alexander Mill
(Jefferson McDonald);
and Candida's father,
Mr. Burgess (Reginald K.
Robinson Jr.).
Burgess' cockney
accent and even his
very character inspires
thoughts of Eliza
Doolittle's father in
"Pygmalion," although
Burgess seems far more
prosperous yet if still a
bit of a conniver.
The beauty of the work
is in its characters.
Williamson uses a
variety of mannerisms
and postures to portray
the scrawny, insecure
young poet who is quite
smitten with Candida,
even though she is at

least 15 years older and
- married.
Blossom also makes
the most of her character
whether she is typing on
the big old Remington
or staggering a bit from
champagne. Similar
thoughts come to mind
about each of the charac-
ters and the actors who
portray them so well.
Nemiroff manages to
portray the reverend as se-
cure in his role as speaker
and participant in social
causes and yet possibly
insecure when it comes
to his relationship with
Candida, especially when
it appears that relation-
ship might be threatened
by the young man.
In the end, it is the
seemingly naive young
dreamer and poet who
may have been the best
teacher.
Billed as a "mystery
play," the story is indeed
a mystery when it comes

to such questions as
what Candida possibly
could see in the young
man and, on occasion,
even her husband. Of
course the Church of
England plays its own
role in the characters in-
volved but mostly, there
is great humor for above
all this is a comedy.
"Candida" was directed
by Andrei Malaev-Babel
who, in his directors'
notes, said he would
present it as pure Shaw,
without "our own
contemporary spin" and
leave those in the audi-
ence "to wrestle with the
mystery and find your
own answers."
The set and lighting
are by Chris McVicker,
with wonderful costumes
by Ross Boehringer.
Patricia Delorey was
the cast's voice and
speech coach and Sheila
Bandyopadhyay was
the movement coach.

PHOTO BY FRANK ATURA COURTESY OF
THE ASOLO CONSERVATORY FOR ACTOR TRAINING
Amanda Lynn Mullen as Candida, left, and Benjamin
Williamson as Eugene Marchbank in "Candida" through April 28
at the Cook Theatre.

Both added much to the
production.
"Candida" continues
through April 28 in the
Cook Theatre at the FSU
Center for the Performing
Arts, 5555 North
Tamiami Trail, Sarasota.
Performances are at
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, 8 p.m.

Wednesday-Saturday and
at 2 p.m. on Sundays.
Tickets are $28-$29. There
is a 50 percent dis-
count for student tickets
purchased in advance.
Visit the box office at
the FSU Center or call
941-351-8000.
Email: kcol@venicegondolier.com

CASAGRANDE
FROM PAGE 2

palpitations.
But that clueless feeling is
actually a good thing: All the
alternative ways for punctuat-
ing abbreviations look correct
because they are correct.
There's no single right way to
do it, not even in professional
publishing.
Editing styles often have spe-
cific instructions for academic
degrees. Associated Press style
says to use periods. "She has
her M.A. and her Ph.D." But

Chicago style, which book edi-
tors follow, prefers no periods
in academic degrees. She has
her MA and her PhD.
In most contexts, you can
use either style. Just be consis-
tent. And either way, you don't
need an apostrophe to form
the plural. She has two MAs
and two PhDs. She has two
M.A.s and two Ph.D.s.
But those are just the special
rules for degrees. There are
different rules for initials
representing people's names.
Whenever letters stand in
for part of a person's name,
periods are used.
But whether to space them

depends on editing style. News
style uses no spaces. H.L.
Mencken. WE.B. Du Bois. Book
style puts a space between the
letters. H. L. Mencken.W. E. B.
Du Bois. But both styles agree
that letters representing whole
names, like JFK and FDR, take
no periods or spaces.
Proper names for anything
other than people have their
own rules, too. Book style
eschews periods in these ab-
breviations. They moved to the
US. He lives in LA and the UK.
Associated Press style likes
periods in 2-letter abbrevia-
tions. They moved to the U.S.
He lives in L.A. and the U.K.

But three-letter initialisms do
not take periods. USA. CIA.
FBI. But there are plenty of
quirky exceptions, like AA in
news style and the option in
book style to add periods in
U.S. and D.C.
States follow yet another set
of rules. In addresses, Chicago
style prefers 2-letter postal
abbreviations, which contain
no periods. SC, ND, KY, CA.
Associated Press style follows
a system of abbreviations that
take periods and that don't
always reduce states to two
letters: S.C., N.D., Ky. and Calif.
Rules for generic nouns,
like compact disc, grade point

average, cardiopulmonary
resuscitation and intelligence
quotient are even more erratic.
But in most cases, no periods
are used. IQ. CT scan. CD.
DVR. GPA.
No one expects the average
person to know all these rules.
And no one will notice if you
don't follow them precisely.
So this is one would-be worry
you don't have to worry about
at all.

June Casagrande is the
author of"It Was the Best of
Sentences, It Was the Worst of
Sentences." She can be reached
atJuneTCN@aol.com.

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Cave diver Curt Bowen,
a photographer and
publisher of Advanced
Diver magazine, was
team coordinator and
cartographer for the
Warm Mineral Springs
Survey Project in 1996
and 1997, and has been
where few others have
gone the bottom.
Nearly 100 people
gathered in Decker
Hall at North Port
Community United
Church of Christ, to the
point where there weren't
enough chairs Tuesday
night, for the April meet-
ing of the Warm Mineral
Springs/Little Salt Spring
Archaeological Society,
featuring a presentation
by Bowen.
Yuri Kaplun, com-
munity outreach director
for the Warm Mineral
Springs Day Spa, said
underwater video on
the Springs' website was
taken by Bowen in the
'90s.
"He'd love to get down
there again and film in

high-definition," Kaplun
said. "It would take 10
different commissioners
agreeing," because the
city of North Port and
Sarasota County own the
Springs jointly.
Bowen showed several
videos of areas he and
his team member
Walter Pickle also was
present have visited.
"We travel around
the world and explore
(water-filled) caves,"
Bowen said. They map
the locations as well.
One of the videos
focused on Bowen's work
on a 360-degree survey
to map the entirety of
Warm Mineral Springs.
Images taken at the bot-
tom of the sinkhole show
a sandy, rocky floor near
some of the main heating
vents, 220 feet down.
"(The water) is very
warm, at 100-degree
temperatures," Bowen
said. "The main hot
vent, you can see hot
water boiling from it.
You can only stay down
(at that level) about 30
minutes before getting
overheated."

Although nearer
to the surface WMS is
87 degrees, Bowen said
you hit the hotter water
starting at 175 feet down.
He continued narrating
as a video played, saying,
"the limestone is really
brittle and tends to break
off on you. It's not real
safe" when you're at the
bottom. Murky water on
the way back up makes
ascending to the surface
dangerous too, he said.
John Cheer asked
Bowen if he discovered
a lot of garbage at the
bottom.
"There are some
plastic chairs, and I
once found about $30 in
five-dollar bills I don't
know why people swim
with their wallets and
there's a million sun-
glasses," Bowen replied.
"It's as clean as it can be
for 60 years of people
swimming in it."
Bowen said the bottom
of the Springs is a "pretty
stable environment" that
hasn't changed much,
at least not between the
late '90s and 2010, when
he last dived there.

"Those plastic chairs
will be there after our
kids and grandkids are
dead," he said.
Bowen said if he could
dive WMS again, he would
record new video and take
baseline data to docu-
ment changes. One man
asked how much such a
venture would cost.
"I, our team, was going
to do it for free," he said.
"It would cost us money,
but I wasn't going to
charge."
Cheer asked what was
holding him back from
that plan.
"Politics and time,"
Bowen said.
In addition to sites
in Florida and Texas,
the Advanced Diver
team has dived in
Mexico, Guatemala, the
Dominican Republic and
the Bahamas. They have
discovered human bones
and pots of all kinds,
including a pre-Columbian
pot with a braided handle
that is one-of-a-kind,
Bowen said. Any artifacts
aren't removed by the
team, but referred to
experts who can care for

SUN PHOTO BY ANNE KLOCKENKEMPER,
annek@sun-herald.com
Curt Bowen, a cave diver and publisher of Advanced Diver
magazine, and founder of the ADM Foundation, spoke Tuesday
night at the Warm Mineral Springs/Little Salt Spring Archaeo-
logical Society's April meeting. He showed the crowd of nearly
100 videos of sinkholes and underwater caves his team has
explored, including Warm Mineral Springs. Bowen also took
questions from the audience about what the bottom of Warm
Mineral Springs is like.

them properly.
Bowen also showed
a teaser for "Cave
Hunters," a TV show he
hopes will be picked
up this fall. He has
been working with the
Discovery Channel and
Animal Planet on the
project. For more about

It used to be an
uncommon sight to see
females riding alone on
motorcycles.
Not any more.
Female motorcy-
clists are taking to the
roadways in increasing
numbers.
Among those enthu-
siastic riders are Jan
Barrett and Nancy Wille,
Englewood residents
who have both been
riding for decades.
"There was a time
when people would
be surprised to see a
woman riding her own
motorcycle," Barrett
said. "But all that has
changed in the past
decade."
Most women start off
riding with their hus-
band or partner, Wille
said. "But once you go
riding on your own,
you never want to ride
behind someone again."
Women today are as
passionate about their
motorcycles as men
were back in the '60s,
said Armand Pinard,
owner of Black Widow
Harley-Davidson in Port
Charlotte.

"No longer are they
afraid to walk into the
dealership and ask
about riding their own
bike," Pinard said.
"They're coming out of
the back seat and into
the front seat."
Riding on your own
is an entirely different
feeling, Barrett said. "All
your senses are alive."
When these women
talk about taking a
motorcycle ride, they
don't mean traveling
a few miles. One trip
can entail hundreds or
thousands of miles.
"We think nothing
of riding to Daytona
for lunch then home
again," Wille said.
Riding for almost
40 years, Barrett has
motorcycle in every
state. "The only state I
missed was Hawaii so I
rode (in Hawaii) for my
60th birthday," she said.
When her children
were young, they had
something interesting
to write in school when
asked how they spent
their summer vacation.
"My ex-husband and I
packed up the kids and
rode 6,227 miles one
summer," Barrett said.
When Wille's children

were young, riding with
her on her motorcycle
was their only means of
transportation. "There
are five generations of
riders in my family," she
says.
Barrett admits she
was "really scared" the
first time she rode alone
on a long trip.
"I was stressed out
when I had to leave the
house for a two-and-a-
half-hour trip by myself
to Winter Garden. It was
hard for me to get on
the bike," she said.
But by the time she
got there, Barrett said,
she was hooked for life
on long-distance trips.
"I never enjoyed a ride
so much. When it comes
to riding alone, there's
a hurdle in your own
mind that you have to
get over. Once you do,
you learn it's a lot easier
than you thought."
Barrett and Wille look
forward to the Motor
Maids conventions,
which are held in a
different part of the
country each year.
Although that often
involves traveling thou-
sands of miles on their
bikes, they say they
know they are never

really alone.
"There are 1,200
members of Motor
Maids across the coun-
try. If anything happens
and we get stuck, we
know we can always call
a member and help will
arrive," Barrett said.
Barrett served seven
years as president of
Motor Maids, helping to
encourage women rid-
ers in Florida and across
the nation. That meant
traveling thousands of
miles each year on her
bike.
Does she ever worry
about her safety on the
road?
"Always!" she said.
"When you're on a
motorcycle, you have to
be aware of what's going
on around you. I keep
an eye on everyone,
knowing someone can
plow into me any time."
Yet, she said being
on her bike is the best
relaxation. "No matter
how stressed I am, once
I get on my motor-
cycle I'm peaceful and
contented."
What Wille likes best
is "the sheer joy of cy-
cling. I love everything
about it," she said.
"You'll see lawyers,

SUN PHOTO BY PATTIE MIHALIK

While many women are being drawn to motorcycling, Engle-
wood residents Jan Barrett and Nancy Wille have been doing it
for decades. Past national president of Motor Maids Inc., Jan,
front, has done much to promote motorcycling for women.

accountants, nurses,
housewives and women
from all backgrounds
with one thing in com-
mon a passion for
riding," says Barrett.
"We form a bond of
friendship that is as re-
warding as our riding."
Florida District Motor
Maids is planning a

In recognition of National
Student Employment Week,
State College of Florida,
Manatee-Sarasota celebrated
the success of Saida Jennell,
SCF's first student in the new
A.S. in biotechnology program
to land a job at an area bio-
technology company.
Jennell, a Sarasota resident,
works at Cambryn Biologics as
a development technologist,
making fibrin sealants from
naturally purified blood plas-
ma proteins. Fibrin glue, which
has been used since World War
II for anchoring human skin
grafts, is used in modern-day
surgeries to stop bleeding and
promote faster healing without
causing adverse reactions or
inflammation.
A native of Russia, Jennell
came to the United States in
2006 with a degree in phys-
ics. Since her desire was to
work in a lab setting, she
was pleased to discover that
SCF's new associate in sci-
ence in biotechnology degree

program gave her the perfect
opportunity to combine
her interest in health care
with her passion for medical
technological innovation.
She attributes her success to
qualified and caring professors
who mentored her and helped
her develop the right skills for
her job at Cambryn Biologics.
Jennell has continued com-
pleting her coursework and
plans to graduate in the fall.
"SCF professors are brilliant.
They have great experience,
they are very approachable
and they always find time to
give you extra help if you need
it. You just have to be willing to
give the time," she said.
Matt Thomas, SCF assistant
professor of natural sciences,
was instrumental in connecting
Jennell with Cambryn Biologics
for a summer internship that
led to her full-time job.
"A couple of years ago, it was
unimaginable for students at
this level to experience and work
with materials that traditionally
have been used by advanced
bachelor-level or graduate
students," Thomas said.

"Here at SCF, we help
students develop advanced
skills and confidence that
make them marketable and
employable in the biotechnol-
ogy field."
SCF's biotechnology stu-
dents learn laboratory skills
and are trained in advanced
molecular biology techniques
used in both research and
industrial environments.
Designed to prepare stu-
dents for employment as
technicians in laboratories
and industrial settings, SCF's
program meets local, state-
wide and national workforce
needs by partnering with area
biotechnology companies
and providing highly qualified
employees. The program pro-
vides another career choice for
students interested in science,
nursing or other health-care
fields.
Marc Paquin, chief operating
officer for Cambryn Biologics,
is equally pleased with the
quality of training Jennell
received from Thomas and
other SCF professors.
"I'm a firm believer in

specific academic training pro-
vided by SCF's biotechnology
program, and I look forward
to the future graduates that
SCF will continue to produce,"
Paquin said.
Since the program began
in fall 2011, several other
students have been placed in
internships at local biotech-
nology companies. There are
83 students enrolled in the
program, and the first class
will graduate in May 2013.
Biotechnology is used to de-
tect and cure diseases, analyze
DNA, generate fuel sources
for efficient energy produc-
tion, improve productivity
and disease resistance in food
crops, analyze environmental
contaminants and conduct
pharmaceutical and clinical
testing.
Potential workplace
environments for graduates
include laboratories special-
izing in food safety, environ-
mental quality control, the
production of new medi-
cines, forensics,
alternative fuels, bio-
manufacturing, biomedical

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PHOTO PROVIDED
Saida Jennell, State College of
Florida biotechnology student.
device and manufacturing
development, and industry,
academic and government
research.
SCF has campuses in
Bradenton, South Venice and
Lakewood Ranch. Visit www.
scf.edu/biotechnology for
more information about the
program.

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WEEKEND EDITION APRIL 13, 2013

Merit scholarship recipients honored

FROM GULF COAST ITALIAN
CULTURE SOCIETY
Seven local Italian
American high school
seniors were awarded
$1,000 merit scholarships
by the Gulf Coast Italian
Culture Society (GCICS)
at a festive Dinner-Dance
Gala, held Sunday,
April 7, at Mattison's
Forty-one.
The scholarship
awards will be paid
jointly to the recipi-
ent and the college or
university at which each
student registers.
The Society's selection
criteria, besides some
Italian heritage, includes
the requirement for a
minimum unweighted
GPA of 3.5 and an SAT

combined score of 1200
or better or a composite
ACT score of at least 25.
Applicants also had to
submit an essay, not to
exceed 500 words, on the
Society's specified topic,
and demonstrate sig-
nificant extracurricular
school and community
involvement.
The recipients, in
alphabetical order, and
the high schools each
attends are: Zachary
A. Carroll, Venice
High School.; Cristina
A. Chiodi, Riverview
High School.; Kade P
Cicchella, Lemon Bay
High School.; Aeron
DeGroat, North Port
High School.; Andrew C.
Micciche, Venice High
School.; Alyssa G. Smith,

Lakewood Ranch High
School; and Zachary D.
Zofrea, Bayshore High
School.
The Society president,
William R. Korp, in
after-dinner remarks to
some 60 participants,
both society and student
family members, noted
that the objectives of
the society's scholarship
program to support
future leaders of the
community was well on
the path of being realized
through the excellence of
the award recipients.

About GCICS
Founded in 1990, Gulf
Coast Italian Culture
Society Inc. (GCICS) was
established to foster the

enjoyment, dissemina-
tion and preservation of
Italian culture in the Gulf
Coast area, to fund schol-
arships for college bound
high school seniors of
full or partial Italian
ancestry and to promote
understanding of the
valuable contributions
made to American life by
Italian culture.
Membership is open
to anyone who shares
its purposes and goals,
regardless of ethnic
origins or socioeconomic
status. This nonprofit
tax-exempt, IRS recog-
nized 501 (c) (3) society,
provides its members
with opportunities to ex-
perience Italian culture,
whatever its expression
- music, opera, dance,

PHOTO COURTESY OF PAT STORE
Andrew Micciche, left, and Zachary Carroll, seniors at Venice
High School, are two of seven students who each received a
$1,000 scholarship from Gulf Coast Italian Culture Society.

architecture, visual arts,
literature and language.
Since 1994 CGICS
has made cultural and

scholarship awards in
excess of $120,000.00.
For more details, visit:
Gcics.org.

Sarasota Film

Festival ends

BY AUDREY BLACKWELL
ASSISTANT FEATURES EDITOR
The Sarasota Film
Festival draws to a close
this weekend with show-
ings of its final 62 films.
Today, 35 films will
flicker across screens at
the Hollywood 20 Theater
on Main Street in down-
town Sarasota, including
feature length films and
shorts.
"We Always Lie to
Strangers" at 4:15 p.m. is a
110-minute documentary
about the Branson, Mo.'s
performing families' push
to remain at the top dur-
ing tough economic times.
YouthFest Shorts I will

run Saturday, starting
at 10:30 a.m. This is a
collection of seven 7- to
15-minute clips that focus
on "lessons learned." Titles
include "Yeah Kowalski!"
(classmate crush) and
"Tina for President"
(unpopular girl runs for
class President against her
bully).
On Saturday, 6:15 p.m.,
and Sunday, 8:30 p.m.,
"World Circus" maybe
of interest to Venetians
because it's prefaced
by a localized short.
"Character Face: A Clown
College Fantasy," directed
by Nic Berry, ofVenice,
focuses on the years
when Ringling Bros. and

Barnum & Bailey Circus
ran its Clown College.
"World Circus" is one of
27 films that will show on
Sunday, the very last day
of the festival.
Filmmaker awards
and closing night film,
"Frances Ha" are today,
6 p.m., at Sarasota Opera
House, 61 N. Pineapple
Ave., Sarasota. Ticket price:
$25, VIP $125.
For tickets to all films
and events, call 941-366-
6200 or 866-575-FILM
(3456). For more informa-
tion about available show-
ings, visit: SarasotaFilm
Festsival.com.

Emdl: abladiwell@venkegondolier.com

BLACKWELL
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species at first. Friends Gary and
Sally Sandilands brought along a
retired biologist guide who offered
some wisdom to the adventure.
Mary Geekie said she and her
husband, Charlie, spend a lot of
time at the Rookery, and Mary loves
it from a biology perspective.
"When we come in the morning,
we bring binoculars, coffee, a chair
and mosquito repellent," she said.
"The birds are not afraid of us; they
let us watch them mate, roost, nest
and feed their young. We can watch

all avian behavior; they don't care
that we're here."
She explained a characteristic of
the anhinga, that because it has no
oil glands it has to spread its wings
to dry them.
"And when it catches a fish, which
it does by spearing it with its beak, it
has to bang it on a rock to get it off
so it can eat the fish."
Geekie stressed the importance
of the birds nesting November to
May so they would have their babies
during the dry, "winter" months in
Florida when the lakes and ponds
are lower and fish are more plentiful
to feed the babies.
George Sydlowski, a visitor from
Toledo, Ohio, set up a tripod and

affixed a professional digital camera
with a telephoto lens.
"This is a fun hobby, and this is a
great place to take pictures," he said.
This was his second visit to
the Venice Rookery. He said
he only shoots nature photos
and posts them on his website,
GeorgeSydlowski.com.
Visit the Venice Audubon Society
Rookery and give nature a nod.

Audrey Blackwell writes about the
people, places and businesses along
the South Trail in Venice. Your sug-
gestions are welcome. Call 941-207-
1000 or send an e-mail.

Email: ablackwell@venicegondolier.com

SUN PHOTO BY AUDREY BLACKWELL

The Fruechte and Deegan families, of Michigan, picnic at
Venice Audubon Center's Rookery Monday evening and watch
the birds fly in to roost as the sun begins to set.

One hundred third graders participated in a Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program
grant with the goal of furthering knowledge and concern for wildlife preservation and
stewardship. The students pictured are: Molly Owens, front left, Tristan Nutten, Owen
Mowry, Michael Groves, science teacher Dana Cales; Cooper Tenneririo, back left, Samantha
O'Connell and Olivia Vidolin. On March 6, each student constructed a biodegradable flow-
erpot into which they placed their own native plant (blanket flower), which will be taken
home and installed in their yard. Kay Bannon, of Venice Elementary School, serves as the
grant coordinator. Lynn Grimes, community educator of the Linders Foundation, led the
flowerpot construction.

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Buchenwald Jews

heard '"You are free!"

It isn't often that an
obituary makes the front
page of the New York
Times, especially that of a
rabbi. It began with these
somber words:
"The smoke was still
rising as Rabbi Herschel
Schacter rode through
the gates of Buchenwald.
Smoke rising from the
ovens that stung his eyes
and tore at his soul.
"It was April 11, 1945,
and General George S.
Patton's Third Army had
liberated the concen-
tration camp scarcely
an hour before. Rabbi
Schacter, who was
attached to the Third
Army's VIII Corps, was
the first Jewish chaplain
to enter in its wake."
This month as we
observe Yom HaShoah,
we remember not only
those who perished
in the Holocaust but
the unspeakable hor-
ror of what he and the
American troops saw
who first entered the
death camps that the
Nazis built to annihilate
the Jewish race.
When Rabbi Schacter
entered the camp, there
didn't seem to be anyone
alive, only hundreds
of dead bodies strewn
everywhere. He was
directed to a filthy bar-
racks where men laying
on raw wooden pallets
stacked from floor to
ceiling stared at him in
his unfamiliar military
uniform with unmistak-
able fright.
"Shalom Aleichem,
Yidden" Rabbi Schacter
cried in Yiddish, "ihr zint
fre!" "Peace be upon
you, Jews, you are free!"
He ran from barracks to
barracks with this mes-
sage until he was joined
by those who could
walk. A stream of people
ravished by disease and
hunger and despair he
tended to spiritually as
well as physically in the
months after liberation.
Rabbi Schacter
did more than that;
he helped arrange
for the transport to
France of more than
a thousand orphaned
children he discovered
in Buchenwald, a convoy
that included Elie Wiesel.
And he personally

escorted a group of chil-
dren to Switzerland and
then on to Palestine.
But on the day he ran
from barracks to bar-
racks, he discovered a
small boy hiding in terror
behind a mound of bod-
ies. The child was afraid
of him because the Rabbi
was just another one in
a series of uniforms, "a
new kind of enemy," the
boy would recall later.
The Rabbi with tears
streaming down his eyes
picked up the boy and
in Yiddish asked him his
name and how old he
was.
"Lulek," the boy replied
and went on to say he
was seven, but what dif-
ference did it make. "I'm
older than you, anyway."
"Why do you think
you're older?" Rabbi
Schacter asked, smiling.
"Because you cry
and laugh like a child,"
Lulek replied. "I haven't
laughed in a long time
and I don't even cry
anymore. So which one
of us is older?"
In a recent meeting
with President Obama
at Yad Vashem, Israel's
Holocaust Memorial,
Rabbi Schacter was
singled out by name
for his work by Yisrael
Meir Lau, the former
Ashkenazi chief rabbi of
Israel and now the chief
rabbi of Tel Aviv.
Rabbi Lau told
President Obama the
story of the little orphan
boy named Lulek rescued
by Rabbi Schacter.
"I am that boy," Rabbi
Lau said. "I eventually
settled in Palestine, and
I want to thank the
American people for
delivering Buchenwald
survivors not from
slavery to freedom, but
from death to life."
After his discharge
from the Army with a
rank of captain, Rabbi
Schacter became one
of the most prominent
Modern Orthodox rabbis
in the United States and
an outspoken advocate
for the rights of Soviet
Jews at a time when they
were denied their reli-
gious rights and longed
to be free.
For decades after
his experiences at
Buchenwald, Rabbi
Schacter said he was
haunted by a question
the survivors repeatedly
asked: "Does the world
know what happened to
us?"
We learned and we
have continued to fight
wars to set people free.
But have we?
Shalom.

The son of two Holocaust survi-
vors who endured the concentra-
tion camps of Auschwitz, Stutthof,
Buchenwald and Theresienstadt,
Dr. Abraham J. Peck, executive
director for Jewish and Catholic
Studies and adjunct professor at St.
Leo University, will be the principal
speaker at Epiphany Cathedral's
23rd annual Yom HaShoah Service
commemorating the Holocaust at
2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 14.
The subject of his talk will be
"Hope and Remembrance," reflect-
ing on a painful past and a hopeful
future. He was born in a Displaced
Persons' Camp in Landsberg,
Germany, and went on to dedicate
his academic and professional life
to the Holocaust and its survivors,
as well as to human rights.
Dr. Peck is the author/editor of
15 scholarly volumes and more
than 30 scholarly articles devoted
to the subject. He was an advisor
to Elie Wiesel, the first chair of the
United States Memorial Holocaust
Museum and vice-chair of its com-
mittee on archives and library. He
was also a former vice-president
of the International Association of
Holocaust Organizations.

Carrying forth the message of
the Holocaust: "To never forget
and carry forth the age-old pro-
phetic vision of a world of justice,
harmony and peace," Dr. Peck has
worked with programs devoted to
meaningful dialogue and creative
social action between members
of the American and international
Jewish communities and members
of the Christian, Muslim, African
American, German and Polish
communities.
Participating in the Yom
HaShoah commemoration will be
eighth grade students from the
Epiphany Cathedral School and
St. Martha's School in Sarasota,
as well as from Bishop Mooney
High School. They will be carrying
forth the legacy created by Bishop
Emeritus John J. Nevins establish-
ing Holocaust studies in all the
Diocese of Venice schools.
Spanning two generations, it
has been given new prominence
under Bishop Frank J. Dewane's
program of "Education For
The Future." Children from the
Epiphany Cathedral School choral
group and the Jewish Chorale of
Sarasota will provide the music
accompaniment.
A reception will follow.

Dr. Abraham J. Peck, executive director
of the Center for Catholic-Jewish Studies
at Saint Leo University, will be featured
speaker at the Yom HaShoah Service,
observing the Holocaust, at Epiphany
Cathedral on Sunday April 14. "Hope and
Remembrance" is the theme reflecting
on the painful past of the Holocaust and
a hopeful future.

Exsultate! Chorale has commis-
sioned pieces especially for its
concert "Poetry! Words in Search
of a Song" by nationally renowned
composer Dr. David Brunner.
The concert is at 3:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 14 at Grace United
Methodist Church sanctuary on
Venice Island.
Grants were provided from
The Arts and Cultural Alliance
of Sarasota County, Gulf Coast
Community Foundation and
the Woman's Exchange, Inc. of
Sarasota. Dr. Brunner will be pres-
ent for the very first performance
of two pieces he has added to his
works of Wendell Berry poetry set
to music. Also included will be
composer Randall Thompson's
musical rendition of select Robert
Frost poems.
Exsultate! Artistic Director and
Conductor Stephen Johns said,
"We encourage our local arts com-
munity to seize this opportunity

made possible by the Sarasota
County granting organizations
that recognized its significance.
What a thrill it will be for our
superb chorale to present the
premiere performance of the new
creations with Dr. Brunner himself
in the audience, and to pass the
baton to him as conductor of the
grand finale for this season!"
Individual concert tickets are
$17 or $5 for students, purchased
at the door, at the Paper Pad
in Venice, online at exultate.
org. or by calling 941-484-8491.
Discounted group rates available.
Open to the public is a free
master class conducted by Dr.
Brunner, "Choosing the Words,
Crafting the Music" at 2 p.m.
Saturday, April 13 in the Grace
United Methodist Church sanctu-
ary. He will discuss the artistic
process involved in finding a
meaningful poem and writing mu-
sic suited to best convey its words.

PHOTO COURTESY OF
EXSULTATE! CHORALE
Dr. David Brunner's two commissioned
compositions will be presented at the
Exsultate! Chorale concert entitled
"Poetry! Words in Search of a Song" set
for 3:30 p.m. Sunday April 14 at Grace
United Methodist Church.

As soon as you
trust yourself, "
you will know
bow to hliv'
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Sign post inspires

passers-by

PHOTO COURTESY OF UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CONGREGATION
The driveway at 1971 Pinebrook Road, home of the Unitarian Universalist Congrega-
tion of Venice (UUCOV), boasts a large new attraction, a Wayside Pulpit. The roadside
bulletin board was introduced to the Unites States in 1919 by a Boston Unitarian
minister, Henry H. Saunderson, who had been inspired by the shrines he'd seen in
Europe.

Prissy is a beautiful spayed female kitty about 5 years old.
She has a pleasant disposition and gets along well with other
cats. Call Deva at Englewood Animal Rescue Sanctuary, 145 W.
Dearborn St., Englewood, 941-681-3877, or go to EARS41ife.com.
On the second and last Saturdays of every month EARS features
Pampered Pets low-cost dog grooming and bathing.

THE BIG RED BUS SCHEDULE
OneBlood, formerly
Florida's Blood Centers, FLORIDAS
needs all types of blood t BLOOD CENTERS
donations. Donating
blood takes about an Monday, April 15, LA
hour. Every donor Fitness, 1667 South U.S.
receives a mini-physical 41 Bypass; Monday,
and a screening with April 15, 2-4:45 p.m.,
each donation. All mobile Bogey's Sports Bar, 652 E.
donors will receive a Venice Ave.; Tuesday,
thank you gift. April 16, 8-11 a.m.,
Donations are taken Colonial Manor, 1200
at 4155 South Tamiami Ridgewood Ave.; and
Trail, Venice Village Tuesday, April 16, noon-
Shops, between Ross and 2:45 p.m., AAA Auto
Publix, Venice, or on The Club South, 2100 South
Big Red Bus, which will Tamiami Trail.
be in Venice Saturday, Call 941-492-9202. For
April 13, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., more dates and times,
Wal-Mmart Supercenter, visit: OneBlood.Org.
4150 South Tamiami Trail; From OneBlood

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Judith Lewandowski, left, Gretchen McDaniel, Janet Gibb, Jan Mandt, Judy Davis, Sheila Williams,
members of The Questers, learned a lot about the Intracostal Waterway from George Miller, right,
docent at the Venice Train Depot, in March. The Questers organization supplies funds for restora-
tion and preservation. There are 1,500 chapters in the U.S. and Canada. The Venice chapter has
been in existence for 13 years and has funded the baggage cart and pictures in the depot, and
restored books in the library of the Ringling Museum.

PHOTO COURTESY OF SANDY MCGOWEN

Cindy Smith, left, Sue Davis, Jeana Hilligoss, Billie King, Sue Marchiando, Arlene Somodi, Elaine
Hafer and Madeline Miller, members of The Women's Club at Pelican Pointe, modeled fashions
from Sandy's Designer Clothing during a Fashion Show Luncheon March 13. Puttin On The Ritz did
the models' hair and makeup.

PHOTO COURTESY OF JEAN MARIE BURTON

Al Angelastri conducts the annual National Association of Retired Federal Employees auction
March 21 at Pelican Pointe Golf & Country Club. He was assisted by his wife, Phyllis. Auction
proceeds are donated to medical research.

PHOTO COURTESY OF
BOB BYLER
Accordionist Tony DiBianca
adds midi-bass to his instru-
ment to enrich its sounds. He
leads various combos in the
area and plays for several
months at the Venice Senior
Friendship Center.

PHOTO COURTESY OF HARBORCHASE

Melinda Mudge, director of community relations at HarborChase of Venice, greets Holly, a State
Reserve Champion donkey from Country Blessing Farm.

PHOTO COURTESY OF
BOB BYLER
Left: Billie Fanning, left,
and friend Ruth Byler, good
friends, enjoy Jack Fanning's
trio. Jack and Billie helped
start a jazz club and festivals
in Monerey, Calif., 28 years
ago and the South County Jazz
Club here three years ago.
She operates a computer with
Jack's "Shadows" duo.
PHOTO COURTESY OF
TOM SHANE
Right: Martin Haberer,
director of Jewish
Federation of Sarasota,
welcomes Eva Schloss,
Anne Frank's stepsister,
who made a presentation
F at the Venice Community
E Center March 18, with
more than 1,000 people
present. The event was
y sponsored by Chabad
of Venice & North Port.
The Venice City Council
and Mayor John Holic
proclaimed March 18-22,
2013, as Holocaust
Education Week.

PHOTO COURTESY OF BOB BYLER
Armand Olevano, left, and Pete Rosa harmonize on trumpets at
a Sophisticated Swing band dance date, Fridays from 10:30 p.m.
to 12:30 a.m. at the Venice American Legion. Olevano leads the
seasonal band in Florida and similar bands in the Binghamton,
N.Y., area in summers.

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Check out this Corvette and bubbletop Belair

Months ago at
the Sun's Car
Show, a near-
perfect 1962 Corvette
won a trophy and a lot
of admirers including
Lee and me. It's fea-
tured here today.
You've heard of a
"barn find" collector
car? Well this beauti-
ful Corvette truly was
such a vehicle. The
owner, Rocky Risbara
Jr.,70, and his wife of
50 years, Marcia, have
been snowbirds from
Scarborough, Maine,
coming to Southwest
Florida since 1982.
While he was here in
2005, Rocky acquired
a 1977 Ranchero and
fully restored it himself
as he has done other
vintage autos. It was
nice, but just not a
keeper so he sold it,
knowing this Corvette
was stored in a barn
"for a number of
years."
Being a construc-
tion company owner
with much equipment
used to build houses,
commercial buildings
and excavating, Rocky
and his sons hooked
up a trailer and headed
to the owner to make a
deal. Soon, this rag-
tag looking relic was
being unloaded in their
shop where they would
return this 'Vette to its
glory days.
It took many hours to
get down to the origi-
nal Honduras maroon
color. The whole family
was heavily involved in
doing a full frame-off
restoration includ-
ing the engine and
complete drive train,
interior, chrome, sus-
pension, brakes, wiring
and the fabulous
paint job. Eventually,
they brought it to
Florida in an enclosed
trailer. Since then
this energetic fellow
has improved it to
become a "top flight"
award winner this year
from NCRS, National
Corvette Restorers
Society. His score was
97.3 points, above
the 94 points neces-
sary to qualify for this
prestigious prize. The
Risbaras have driven
their gem 1,500 fun
miles in the Sunshine
State.
Back in Maine, where
they reside spring until
fall, his wife has her
own 1955 T-Bird he re-
stored for her 25 years
ago. Repairing, rebuild-
ing and restoring older
vehicles is something
Rocky's been doing
since age 9, starting
with a 1930 Ford sedan
that became a farm
truck when the body
was cut off. He drove
it and anything else
around his grandad's
farm plowing, harrow-
ing and cultivating plus
learning mechanics.
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Now a senior with
grown children and
grandchildren, he's
proud of being able
to take care of his
parents and their
cars until they died.
Rocky is also very
proud to have driven
autos, trucks and
motorhomes over 1.5
million miles. Retired,
this gentleman (which
he really is) has passed
on the business to the
other generations of
his family. Quite an
accomplishment!
Next fall you can
meet him and his wife
at the Sun Newspapers
Welcome Back Car
show and Open House
Nov. 9.

Another nice
Chevy
After seeing the
Corvette you'll find
quite a difference in
the Bubbletop Belair,
even though they're
both 1962s. When I first
saw it at a cruise-in,
fellow hobbyists were
all over this wild street
machine. The owners,
Randy, 62, and Cathy
Slack, are snowbirds
from Canada who
both enjoy the Chevy
and a 1934 Plymouth
street rod here in
North Port. They have
eight other various
makes and models at
their Canadian home,
including four Novas
and three Corvettes.
Back to the
Bubbletop. It was built
by Chris Morrison, a
custom car builder
in Washington state
who sold it to a man
in Texas. Randy heard
about this unique ve-
hicle and soon became
the second owner.
It's been featured by
Rod and Custom in
February 2009 and
appeared in Good Guys
Magazine. What makes
it different is evident
throughout the entire
automobile including
a new crate Corvette
LS1 engine, a six-speed
Tremic transmission,
oversize brakes, HD air
ride suspension and
beefed up chassis plus
a Posi trac rear etc. The
wheels and tires are
outstanding attention
getters too. Randy,
locally, has had it at
McDonald's, Muscle
Car City, Englewood
and Old Town in
Kissimmee, Good Guys,
plus the Super Chevy
Show.
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in the barn. Rocky Risbara, owner of the 1962 Corvette.

reveals are from York,
Ontario, with a winter
home in Heron Creek,
North Port. Randy told
me they both enjoy the
weather and golf clubs
especially as both
are golfers. He's been
in the trucking busi-
ness most of his life,
mainly hauling steel
for USS and Arcelor
Mittal Companies.
This fellow also raced
cars and trucks on oval
tracks for 25 years. His
father owned Cayuga
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LOCAL CAR CLUBS
For newcomers to our area, and those interested
in the car hobby, we offer a listing of area Car Clubs.
Should you wish to be included please contact Craig @
941-637-0797 or email loafen@comcast.net

Classics & Cruisers meets 7 p.m. the first Wednesday
of each month at the Perkins restaurant on US 41 in
Northport. All years models and makes are welcome.
Cruise-in at the McDonalds in Murdock, and other
events. President Randy Wright, For info Call Jennifer
941-637-1539
Corvettes of Charlotte County meets 6:30 p.m. first
Wednesday of each month at Muscle Car City. Open to all
Corvette lovers, new or Classic. We put on shows, travel
and have local events. Info. President Vito D'Amico. Email
info@corvettesofcharlottecounty.com
Cruizaders Car Club meetings and locations vary
each month at area restaurants. Open to all cars and
trucks of any year. Informal group that just enjoys the
hobby. President Serge Ruggio 941-815-1945 or email
serge6046@aol.com
Mercedes Benz Club of America S.W. Region meets 2nd
Saturday of each month 8:30 A.M. at Mimi's Caf6, 13499
S. Cleveland Ave., Bell Tower shops, Ft. Myers open to all.
Tom Harruff 239-591-8049 or tharruffl813@comcast.net
Mopar Club of S.W. Florida meets 6 p.m. first Tuesday
of each month at Rick Treworgy's Muscle Car City. Light
dinner at 5:30 in 50s style diner. Open to all MOPAR
owners. President Jim Harrower, V.P. Al Chamberlain, Sec.
Offer Nadel, Tres. Carol Young 941-639-0010

Mustang Club meets the second Wednesday of each
month 7 p.m. at Don Gasgarth's Charlotte County Ford,
3156 Tamiami Tr. Port Charlotte. Open to all Mustang
owners and enthusiast of any year. Short trips/long trips.
President is ChuckWhite. Info swfchuck@comcast.net
Peace River Car Club meets the first Thursday of each
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lots. President Bill Leach 941-575-5685, or Fred Counter
505-1290 or Jeff Barlow 916-9343
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meets the first Tuesday of each month, 7 p.m. at the
Charlotte County Regional Medical Center, 809 E Marion.,
fourth floor. Location varies depending on room avail-
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or older, non modified. President Don Royston or Lee
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PHOTO PROVIDED
Marge Pampreen was the
lucky winner of $100 at the
Peace River Car Clubs poker
walk, held the 3rd Thursday of
each month in Punta Gorda.

Will full-service stations ever make a comeback?

Dear Tom and Ray: I'm
an old geezer with fond
memories of when you
could pull into a gas station
and tell the kid to fill it up
and check the tires, oil (the
kid holding up the dipstick
so you could see it: "Sir,
you're a quart low") and
water. In fact, at one time,
I was that kid. Those days
are long gone, but that
leaves me with a problem.
I'm a bit arthritic, and it
is difficult for me to bend
over and contort myself to
check the air pressure in
my tires, and much more
so to wrestle that air hose
that really wants to contract
back into its hole. I suppose
I could check the oil and
water myself, but I'd really
rather not. I'd be willing to
pay for this extra service,
but I can't find anywhere
that offers it in my neigh-
borhood, maybe not even
in my city. I wouldn't want
to pay a lot it shouldn't
take someone who's more
nimble than I more than
five minutes. I suppose I
could take my car to my
mechanic's shop, but it
seems kind of lame to
ask him to check the, you
know, air, water and oil. Of
course, I am kind of lame!
Any suggestions? Rick
ooo

CLICK and CLACK

TALK CARS
by Tom & Ray Magliozzi

Because everyone who owns a car
needs a laugh.
TOM: You're right, Rick,
that these sorts of services
are rarely provided any-
more. What you may not
know is that they're hardly
necessary anymore, either.
RAY: In the old days,
everything leaked: crank-
cases, radiators, tires.
But cars are much better
now, and are much more
maintenance-free (on a
day-to-day, week-to-week
basis) than they've ever
been.
TOM: And when you
do have a leak, there's
often an idiot light now
to let you know about it.
We had an extra set of
idiot lights installed in
my brother's car just to
give the lights a fighting

chance against him.
RAY: Nowadays, if you
lose tire pressure, all new
cars have tire-pressure-
monitoring systems
that will alert you on the
dashboard.
TOM: Most new cars
have coolant-level indica-
tors now to tell you if you've
lost coolant. That gives you
a heads-up that you're a
little low before the idiot
light comes on to warn you
that your engine is about
to melt.
RAY: For oil, more and
more cars have oil-level
lights, in addition to the old
oil-pressure lights. And car
batteries are all sealed now
and maintenance-free.
TOM: So, you just don't
need to check those things
with every fill-up, like you
did in years past. And if you
have a well-maintained,
modem car with tire-
pressure monitoring, you
easily can go three to six
months between checking
that stuff.
RAY: If you have an older
car, a high-mileage car or a
car with a known problem,
obviously, you'll have to
check things more often.
TOM: But whenever it IS
time, it's absolutely fine to
go to a repair shop and ask

them to look at the fluids
and tire pressure for you.
We have older customers
who come in and ask us
to do that all the time. We
do it for free, as a courtesy,
and then we add a hundred
bucks to their next repair
bill.
RAY: Not true! Usually,
the customer will tip the
guy who checks everything
five or 10 bucks. That
makes everybody happy.
TOM: You also can search
online (or beg a grandchild
to do it for you, Rickld) for
"full-service gas stations" in
your area. There aren't a lot
of them left, these days, but
there seem to be at least a
few in every city. If you find
one of those nearby, take
your business there.
RAY: You'll pay for those
services there, too, but it'll
be in the form of a few extra
cents a gallon. And you'll
even get your windshield
cleaned. Wouldn't that be
a treat?

Whining indicates
loose belt
Dear Tom and Ray: I
have a 2003 Mitsubishi
Lancer with about 90,000
miles. Several months back,
I was driving home on a

rainy night and splashed
through a deep puddle.
Immediately, a loud
whining noise came from
the car, which grew louder
when I pushed on the gas.
A minute later, it stopped.
Then about a week later, on
another rainy day, it hap-
pened again. It happens for
only about a minute, then
stops. It now happens even
when it's not raining, when
I just step on the gas for
more power. The whining
is very loud and scary, and
it makes me think the car
is going to explode. My
husband thinks it's nothing
and that I should continue
to ignore it; however, I am
pregnant and don't want
to head into motherhood
worrying about my safety
and the safety of my baby.
Please help! Moon
RAY: It sounds to me like
a slipping belt, Moon. I'm
guessing your splash guard
fell off, and that allowed
water to splash up and
temporarily lubricate your
belt. Belts aren't supposed
to be lubricated; they're
supposed to be sticky.
When a belt slips and slides
on its pulleys, it makes that
shrieking/whining noise.
TOM: And all that
slipping wore out your belt

even more, so now it slips
even when it's not wet.
RAY: It makes noise
when you step on the gas,
which is a classic symptom
of a loose or worn-out belt.
Eventually, the belt will get
so bad that it'll squeal all
the time. Then one day it'll
break and fall off, and you'll
lose your power steering
and alternator, among
other things.
TOM: But the noise will
be gone!
RAY: True. But my advice
would be, before that
happens, to take it into a
shop and tell them you
have what you think is a
belt noise, and ask them to
check it out. You want to
get this fixed, Moon. Trust
me on this there will be
more than enough squeal-
ing and whining in your
future. You need to enjoy
and savor all the peace and
quiet you can get in the
next few months!

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Sun-ripened strawber-
ries on oatmeal; a handful
of walnuts to get through
that 4 o'clock slump;
grilled salmon, roasted
veggies and a salad
drizzled with olive oil for
dinner: At last, we've got
solid proof that scrump-
tious foods like these can
slash your risk for stroke
and other cardiovascular
disasters by a whopping
30 percent. It's thanks
to a headline-grabbing
study from Spain that
overhauled the diets of
7,447 people (even though
the researchers made a big
flub when they conducted
the study; more on that in
a minute!).
Two-thirds of the study's
participants conscien-
tiously followed heart-
healthy Mediterranean
diet plans plenty of
produce, dried beans and
fish, with an extra dose of
good fats from olive oil or
nuts.
The rest of the partici-
pants were supposed to
eat a low-fat diet (with
no olive oil or nuts), but
the researchers left them
on their own. So guess
what happened? These
folks weren't able to learn
the low-fat regimen and
their diets were a disaster.
They ate more bad fats,
munched heart-threats
like refined grains (white
bread, white rice, white
pasta) and drank sugary
sodas.
So in reality and
contrary to what many TV
shows and newspapers re-
ported the study doesn't
prove Mediterranean
diets are healthier than
a low-fat diet, BECAUSE
NOBODY ATE LOW
FAT! What it does show
is that Mediterranean
eating styles (or in this
case, "SSD" for "standard
Spanish diet") trump the
typical fat-, sugar- and
chemical-laden North
American diet (called
"SAD" for "standard
American diet") when it
comes to stroke and heart-
attack prevention!
We're fans of this study
for another reason, too. It
proved that what you eat
matters big-time, even
for people with optimal
medical and medica-
tion management! The
scientists recruited men
and women in their 50s
through their 80s with
diabetes or at least three
risk factors for heart dis-
ease, such as obesity, high
blood pressure, high LDL
"lousy" cholesterol levels
or a family history of early
heart disease. And those
folks saw big benefits from
eating the SSD diets -
even if they were already
taking medication for
high cholesterol or high
ooo

Dr. Mehmet Oz &
Dr. Michael Roizen

blood pressure. (Another
30,000-plus person study
reinforces this finding:
It reported that people
taking heart-protecting
medications who adopted
a healthy diet slashed their
risk for stroke, heart attack
and heart-related deaths
by as much as 35 percent.)
Heart-health experts
are hailing the news as a
way of eating healthfully
that lets you actually enjoy
life, and we agree! Both of
us enjoy eating this way,
and it's the foundation of
the meal plans you'll find
(with plenty of recipes)
in "YOU: On a diet." It's
also the highly successful
diet of the Lifestyle 180
program, developed by
Dr. Mike for the Cleveland
Clinic's Wellness Institute.
Put it on your plate today
with these four easy steps:
Ban the five food felons.
Skip all added sugars and
all added syrups, any
grain that isn't 100 percent
whole, most saturated fat
and all trans fats. Those
bad fats clog artery walls
with plaque and fuel
bodywide inflammation,
while added sugars, syrups
and refined grains make
your blood sugar spike,
crusting hemoglobin
proteins in red blood cells
with sugar molecules.
That damages artery walls,
spurring plaque buildup.
Say "yes" to good fats.
Aim for three servings of
omega-3-rich fish every
week, and take 900 mg
of DHA omega-3 from
algal oil daily. Also, olive
and canola oils, chia and
flax seeds, avocados and
walnuts are loaded with
good fats.
Get beany. Opt for
no-sodium canned beans
for convenience, then toss
them into soups, stews,
casseroles and chili, or
drizzle with olive oil and
herbs for a side dish.
Gassy? That's what Bean-O
is for.
Get your carbs from veg-
gies, fruits, whole grains
and low-fat dairy. Shop
for dessert in the produce
department (mango and
banana salad, anyone?).
Look for fast-cooking
whole grains like barley,
whole-wheat couscous
and quinoa. And reserve
half of your plate for veg-
gies at lunch and dinner.
Your brain and your heart
will love you for it.

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MARY WORTH By Karen Moy and Joe Giella
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DID YOU KNOW IT
HAD SUBROUTINES FOR
HAUNTING, REVENGE,
AND BEING
A JERK? IE

Yesterday's Jumbles: ANNEX DRESS APATHY OBLIGE
Answer: After seeing her former husband for the first
time in years, she was not "EX-SIGHTED"

Efficient, but stinky

Dear Heloise: The
store-bought product for
cleaning high-efficiency
washing machines, due
to odor, is quite expen-
sive and needs to be
used regularly. Is there
a less-expensive way to
accomplish this? Carol
in Royal Palm Beach, Fla.
Yes, there is! Many read-
ers complain about the
odor that high-efficiency
washers tend to have. You
would think that a new
appliance would have all
the kinks worked out. But
it seems not so with these
washers.
These cleaners cost
around $10, and depend-
ing how often you have to
use them, it can really add
up. But here are some hints
to help prevent that gross
smell in the first place.
The smell usually is
coming from the gasket
around the washer's door.
When you wash clothes,
the door must be airtight.
Water can remain inside
the gasket, and since
there is no fresh air, the
machine smells like
mildew! So, to keep this
from happening, prop
the door open when done
with laundry so the water
can evaporate. Also, use
a cloth to wipe out the
water left in the gasket.
Some machines have
a "clean washer/refresh"
cycle feature that should
correct the problem as
well.
Another thing to try is
vinegar! Dip a paper towel
in vinegar and wipe the
gasket a couple of times.
The vinegar won't harm the

Hints from Heloise

gasket. Let it dry, and prop
the door open. Vinegar is
a staple that every house-
hold should have on the
pantry shelf. Its uses are
practically endless.

Favorite recipe
hint
Dear Heloise: I am
always finding new recipes
on the Internet. Most
recipes print out large and
on several pages. I bring
up the recipe, highlight,
copy and paste to my
word-processing program.
I edit the recipe to my own
fonts and size, and remove
the extra wording and
information I don't need. I
make the recipes as small
or as large as needed so
that they will fit into my
recipe file or cookbook. -
Judy Marik, Mantua, Ohio

Perforated
tissue top
Dear Heloise: I've
discovered that the
perforated tops of tissue
boxes make wonderful
bookmarks. I read your
column every day and en-
joy it very much. Alice
Cox, Washougal, Wash.

DEAR ABBY: I'm a
14-year-old girl. I don't
understand why adults
tell me to be an indepen-
dent thinker, to embrace
myself, and then put me
down for not conforming.
Why is it outrageous to
come to your own conclu-
sions, speculate, challenge
accepted ideas or find
your own faith? It would
be easier to quietly nod an
empty head and smile to
please our parents and the
adults who influence kids,
so they can enjoy super-
ficial satisfaction for how
"well" they have raised us.
Should I deny myself
as an individual and be
pulled along, or is it better
to stay quiet and just be
who everyone expects you
to be? INDEPENDENT
THINKER IN FLORIDA
DEAR INDEPENDENT
THINKER: Independent
thinkers are the people
who have contributed the
most to society. Our most
important scientific dis-
coveries were conceived
by individuals who chose
not to accept conven-
tional thinking. The same
is true for religion Jesus
was an independent
thinker.
I'm not sure what kind
of conversation you feel
the adults in your life
are trying to discour-
age. But people who are
deeply committed to their
religious faith can feel
offended or threatened
if their beliefs are chal-
lenged. Even though
you are an independent
thinker, you should be
respectful of the beliefs of
others.
DEAR ABBY: Around
the time of my sister's
wedding, she and her
fiance, "Greg," tried to get
me and their best man,
"Bruce," together. They
brought him along when
they would visit and en-
couraged us to date. Not
long after the wedding we
did start dating.
Bruce is a great guy and
I enjoy being with him.
My problem is, he's my
brother-in-law's nephew
even though they are
close in age. (Bruce's mom
is Greg's half sister.)
Am I dating a fam-
ily member? Are we

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Dear Abby

committing incest? Should
we end this relationship? I
don't know what is "right."
-WEIRDED OUT IN
WISCONSIN
DEAR WEIRDED OUT:
Bruce is not a blood rela-
tive; he is related to you by
marriage. That is not the
same as incest. If you care
about each other, the right
thing to do is continue
the relationship and see
where it leads. "Great
guys" can make great
husbands.
DEAR ABBY: My
husband fathered a child
in high school that was
placed for adoption. His
mother has become very
close with the adoptive
family and visits often.
My husband does not.
However, my mother-in-
law constantly asks him
to go on vacation with her
to visit the child. I also
found out that she sends
the child gifts and signs
my husband's name on
the cards.
Abby, I feel this is hugely
disrespectful not only to
me, but also to my hus-
band. He has chosen not
to get involved with this
child because he doesn't
think it's fair to the adop-
tive family. He also doesn't
wish to become attached.
We have already told her
she is overstepping her
boundaries, but it contin-
ues to happen. What can
we do? FRUSTRATED
IN THE SOUTH
DEAR FRUSTRATED:
Your mother-in-law
may have the best of
intentions, but forging
your husband's name is
dishonest. Sooner or later
the child will find out the
truth, and the result may
be painful. However, there
is nothing you can do to
control your husband's
mother's behavior, so
accept it and don't take it
personally.

"And he said unto them, 'Render therefore unto
Caesar the things which be Caesar's and unto God the
things which be God's.'"- Luke 20:25.
All of us have a responsibility to God and our
country. Be the best citizen you can be for your
country and for the Lord.

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Venice Gondolier readers: Look for the puzzle solution in the Our Town section.

1 H O RO SC O PE_ I to collaborate even more than usual. Choose your
H O R OSCO PE I partners carefully, though, because their ways will
ARIES (March 21-April 19). Mercury joins the rub off on you!
conglomerate of astral influences in your sign, lend- CANCER (June 22-July 22). A wave of nostalgia
ing you the gift of gab at a level usually reserved washes over your life. You're still processing what
for rappers and auctioneers. You'll put your internal
happened in those long-ago yesterdays. You're still
tempo controller to use.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).Victorian poet Robert accounting for someone's passing influence on you.
Browning was theTaurus who said, "A minute's LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). A little forethought will
success pays the failure of years." This peculiar math save you a lot of trouble later. While you're happily
will make sense to you today. planning ahead, you will find a way to carry the
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).With your guiding traditions you grew up with into the future in a
planet, Mercury, on the move, you'll be in the mood new form.
oon

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You can't trust
theoretical knowledge right now. Get in, and get
your hands dirty. Better to do a task incorrectly than

mind, even if it's a bit risky to do so. not to do it at all.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).You're excellent attacking CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.19). You'll get informa-
initiative, and people love that about you. Initiative tion that validates a decision you made recently. It's
shows spirit and guts. It also indicates a high level of nice to know that your intuitive sense is on target.
self-confidence. You'll trust it even more now.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).When you check in with AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).Your love life is a sub-
yourself, with whom exactly are you checking in? ject of interest to others. They can't help themselves.

It's something to ponder, and doing so will have
meditative and enlightening effects.

So try not to get too annoyed as you take extra
measures to ensure your own privacy.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).You may put your
feelers out in a professional way. You're not ready to
make a move just yet; you just want to know what's
out there.
TODAY'S BIRTHDAY (April 13).You design your life
in a way that gives you freedom, choice and fun.
It takes some doing. You'll plan, change the plan,
refine the changes and never give up trying to make
it better. May brings destiny in a phone call. Extra
spending money in June is a payoff for your hard
work. Cancer and Taurus people adore you. Your
lucky numbers are:7, 23, 41,19 and 44.

JANRIC CLASSIC SUDOKU
Fill in the blank cells using numbers 1 to 9. Each number can appear only once in each row,
column and 3x3 block. Use logic and process elimination to solve the puzzle. The difficulty
level ranges from Bronze (easiest) to Silver to Gold (hardest).
3 5 9 Rating: GOLD

The bidding has proceeded:
EAST SOUTH WEST NORTH
Pass Pass 12 24,
Dbl* ?
*penalties
What action do you take?

Q 3 Neither vulnerable, as South
you hold:

6QJ97Y25 0 10953 49762

Partner opens the bidding with 2NT
(21-22). What action do you take?

Q 4 Both vulnerable, as South you
hold:

4 10 6 Q 9852 0 J 763 4 Q 8

Partner opens the bidding with INT.
What action do you take?

Q 5 As South, vulnerable, you hold:

4 53 Q985 K7 AK1098

The bidding has proceeded:
NORTH EAST SOUTH
14 Dbl Rdbl
Pass Pass ?
What do you bid now?

WEST
20

Q 6 As South, vulnerable, you hold:

AKQJ62A10830 A 10 4 4 AK

The bidding has proceeded:
EAST SOUTH WEST NORTH
14 Dbl Pass 16
Pass ?
What do you bid now?

Look for answers on Monday.

(Tannah Hirsch welcomes readers'
responses sent in care of this newspaper
or to Tribune Media Services Inc., 2010
Westridge Drive, Irving, TX 75038.
E-mail responses may be sent to
gorenbridge@aol.com.)

7 Little Words
Find the 7 words to match the 7 clues. The numbers in parentheses
represent the number of letters in each solution. Each letter -
combination can be used only once, but all letter combinations
will be necessary to complete the puzzle.

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Close to Gulf Beaches and Marinas.
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Community with low HOA fees.
$249,501 Price Negotiable.
Call Agent/Owner @ 941-786-4632
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